betrothal - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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From betroth + -al.

• (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈtɹəʊ.ðəl/
• (US, Canada) IPA(key): /bɪˈtɹoʊ.ðəl/
• (General Australian) IPA(key): /bɪˈtɹəʉ.ðəl/, /bɪˈtɹɐʉ.ðəl/
• Rhymes: -əʊðəl

betrothal (countable and uncountable, plural betrothals)

1. The act of betrothing.
   marriage betrothal
   formal betrothal
   announce a betrothal
   Their betrothal was announced in the local newspaper.
   The play ends with a wedding after a long betrothal.
2. The fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between two people.

• betrothment

• affiance

• prebetrothal

• Albanian: fejesë (sq) f, mblesë (sq) f

• Arabic: خِطْبَة f (ḵiṭba), خُطُوبَة f (ḵuṭūba)

• Armenian: նշանադրություն (hy) (nšanadrutʻyun), նշանդրեք (hy) (nšandrekʻ)

• Aromanian: isozmã f, arãvoanã f

• Azerbaijani: nişan (az), adax

• Belarusian: зару́чыны f pl (zarúčyny)

• Bengali: please add this translation if you can

• Bulgarian: годе́ж m (godéž)

• Burmese: စေ့စပ်ကြောင်းလမ်းခြင်း (my) (ce.capkraung:lam:hkrang:)

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 定親 / 定亲 (zh) (dìngqīn), 婚約 / 婚约 (zh) (hūnyuē)

• Czech: zasnoubení n

• Danish: forlovelse (da) c

• Dutch: verloving (nl) f, ondertrouw (nl) m

• Estonian: kihlus

• Finnish: kihlaus (fi), kihlautuminen (fi)

• French: accordailles (fr) f pl, fiançailles (fr) f pl

• Georgian: ნიშნობა (nišnoba)

• German: Verlobung (de) f, Verlöbnis (de) n
  Hochpreußisch: Verlobung
  Kölnisch: Verlobung
  Oberlausitzisch: Verlobung

• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍆𐍄𐍃 f (fragifts)

• Greek: αρραβώνας (el) m (arravónas), αρραβώνιασμα (el) n (arravóniasma)

• Gujarati: સગાઈ f (sagāī)

• Hindi: वाग्दान (hi) m (vāgdān), सगाई (hi) f (sagāī), मँगनी (hi) f (maṅgnī)

• Hungarian: eljegyzés (hu)

• Icelandic: trúlofun f, festar f pl

• Irish: cleamhnas m

• Italian: fidanzamento (it) m

• Japanese: 婚約 (ja) (こんやく, kon'yaku)

• Kazakh: құда түсу (qūda tüsu), құдаласу (qūdalasu)

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can

• Korean: 약혼(約婚) (ko) (yakhon), 혼약(婚約) (ko) (honyak)

• Kyrgyz: сүйлөшүү (ky) (süylöşüü), кудалашуу (kudalaşuu)

• Lao: ການໝັ້ນ (kān man)

• Latin: sponsālia n pl

• Latvian: saderunāšana f

• Lithuanian: sužadėtuvės f pl, susižadėjimas m

• Low German: Ferluawunge f (Sauerländisch), Verlawung f ((also) Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch), Verlowung f, Verlobung f

• Macedonian: веридба f (veridba), свршувачка f (svršuvačka)

• Maltese: għerusija f

• Māori: moumouranga

• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can

• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: forlovelse (no) m

• Pashto: please add this translation if you can

• Persian:
  Iranian Persian: نامْزَدی (fa) (nâmzadi)

• Polish: zaręczyny (pl) f pl

• Portuguese: esponsais (pt) m pl, noivado (pt) m

• Romanian: logodnă (ro) f, logodire (ro) f

• Russian: помо́лвка (ru) f (pomólvka), обруче́ние (ru) n (obručénije)

• Scottish Gaelic: rèiteach m

• Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: вѐридба f, за̑руке f pl
  Latin: vèridba (sh) f, zȃruke (sh) f pl

• Slovak: zasnúbenie n

• Slovene: zaroka f

• Spanish: esponsales (es) m pl, palabra de matrimonio f, promesa de matrimonio f, desposorio m, desposorios (es) m pl, desposamiento m

• Swedish: förlovning (sv) c

• Tagalog: talimbuhol

• Tajik: номзадӣ (nomzadi), ноншиканон (nonšikanon)

• Tamil: நிச்சயதார்த்தம் (niccayatārttam)

• Thai: การหมั้น (th) (gaan-mân)

• Turkish: nişan (tr), nişanlanma (tr)

• Turkmen: nikalaşyk

• Ukrainian: зару́чини f pl (zarúčyny), обру́чення n (obrúčennja)

• Urdu: مَن٘گْنی f (maṅgnī), سَگائی f (sagāī)

• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can

• Uzbek: unashtirish (uz)

• Vietnamese: sự đính hôn (vi) (sự + 訂婚), hôn ước (vi) (婚約)

• “betrothal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.