Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - nuptial
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Nuptial
nuptial
(nuptials) 1. Nuptial is used to refer to things relating to a wedding or to marriage. (OLD-FASHIONED) I went to the room which he had called the nuptial chamber. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. Someone’s nuptials are their wedding celebrations. (OLD-FASHIONED) She became immersed in planning her nuptials. = wedding N-PLURAL: usu with poss
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I. adjective Etymology: Latin ~is, from nuptiae, plural, wedding, from nubere to marry; perhaps akin to Greek nymphe bride, nymph Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony 2. characteristic of or occurring in the breeding season ~ flight II. noun Date: circa 1555 marriage, wedding — usually used in plural ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. of or relating to marriage or weddings. --n. (usu. in pl.) a wedding. Etymology: F nuptial or L nuptialis f. nuptiae wedding f. nubere nupt- wed ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. редк. возв. бракосочетание, свадьба 2. брачный, свадебный nuptial feast —- свадебный пир nuptial contract —- юр. брачный контракт nuptial day —- день свадьбы nuptial fly-out —- брачный вылет (пчелиной матки) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj formal or humorous connected with marriage or the marriage ceremony (the nuptial day | nuptial bliss) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1490, from L. nuptialis "pertaining to marriage," from nuptiж "wedding," from nupta, fem. pp. of nubere "take as a husband," related to Gk. nymphe "bride." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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