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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nup•tial /ˈnʌpʃəl, -tʃəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony:nuptial vows.
n. - Usually, nuptials. [plural] a wedding or marriage:The nuptials were held in a beautiful old cathedral.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nup•tial (nup′shəl, -chəl),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony:the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of mating or the mating season of animals:nuptial behavior.
n. - Usually, nuptials. a wedding or marriage.
- Latin nuptiālis, equivalent. to nupti(ae) marriage, wedding, derivative of nubēre to marry (of a woman); compare nubile
- 1480–90; (Middle French)
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See marriage.
The pronunciations (nup′cho̅o̅ əl)USA pronunciation and (nup′sho̅o̅ əl),USA pronunciation by analogy with such words as mutual and actual, are not considered standard. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nuptial /ˈnʌpʃəl -tʃəl/ adj - relating to marriage; conjugal: nuptial vows
- of or relating to mating: the nuptial flight of a queen bee
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin nuptiālis, from nuptiae marriage, from nubere to marryˈnuptially adv |