"betroth" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /bəˈtɹəʊð/ [UK], /bəˈtɹoʊð/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-betroth.wav [Southern-England] Forms: betroths [present, singular, third-person], betrothing [participle, present], betrothed [past], betrothed [participle, past], betrothen [participle, past]
Rhymes: -əʊð Etymology: From Middle English bitrouthen, bitreuthen, from treuthe (“truth”), from Old English trēowþe (“truth, pledge, troth”). Equivalent to be- + troth. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bitrouthen}} Middle English bitrouthen, {{m|enm|bitreuthen}} bitreuthen, {{m|enm|treuthe|t=truth}} treuthe (“truth”), {{der|en|ang|trēowþe|t=truth, pledge, troth}} Old English trēowþe (“truth, pledge, troth”), {{pre|en|be|troth}} be- + troth Head templates: {{en-verb|past_ptc2=betrothen}} betroth (third-person singular simple present betroths, present participle betrothing, simple past betrothed, past participle betrothed or betrothen)
  1. To promise to give in marriage. Categories (topical): Marriage Translations (to promise to give in marriage): mbles (Albanian), նշանել (nšanel) (Armenian), isusescu (Aromanian), сгодявам (sgodjavam) (Bulgarian), 許配 (Chinese Mandarin), 许配 (xǔpèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 許嫁 (Chinese Mandarin), 许嫁 (xǔjià) (Chinese Mandarin), (pìn) (Chinese Mandarin), verloven (Dutch), fianĉigi (Esperanto), luvata puolisoksi (Finnish), fiancer (French), verloben (German), μνηστεύω (mnistévo) (Greek), eljegyeztet (Hungarian), fiancar (Ido), geall (Irish), fidanzare (Italian), promettere in sposa (Italian), taipū (Maori), whakaihi (Maori), whakapākūwhā (Maori), prometre (Occitan), acordar (Occitan), aprodelar (Occitan), نشانلامق (nişanlamak) (Ottoman Turkish), zaręczyć się (Polish), prometer (Portuguese), logodi (Romanian), обруча́ть (obručátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обручи́ть (obručítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), помо́лвить (pomólvitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), zaručiti (Serbo-Croatian), zaročiti se (Slovene), prometer (en matrimonio) (Spanish), förlova (Swedish), trolova (Swedish), คู่หมั้น่ (Thai)
    Sense id: en-betroth-en-verb-iFgLtkx3 Disambiguation of Marriage: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'to promise to give in marriage': 91 9
  2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. Translations (to promise to take as a future spouse): nişanlanmaq (Azerbaijani), adaxlanmaq (Azerbaijani), 訂婚 (Chinese Mandarin), 订婚 (dìnghūn) (Chinese Mandarin), zich verloven (Dutch), fianĉiĝi (Esperanto), kihlata [transitive] (Finnish), kihlautua [intransitive] (Finnish), se fiancer (French), sich verloben (German), μνηστεύομαι (mnistévomai) (Greek), eljegyez (Hungarian), trúlofast (Icelandic), fiancar su (Ido), luaigh le (Irish), fidanzarsi (Italian), 婚約する (kon'yaku suru) (alt: こんやくする) (Japanese), гелешинмек (geleşinmek) (Kumyk), نشانلانمق (nişanlanmak) (Ottoman Turkish), обруча́ться (obručátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), обручи́ться (obručítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), помо́лвиться (pomólvitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), förlova sig (Swedish), nişanlanmak (Turkish), dyweddïo (Welsh), פֿאַרקנסן (farknsn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-betroth-en-verb-YpRNOFIr Disambiguation of 'to promise to take as a future spouse': 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: betrothable, betrothed Related terms: affiance, fiancé, fiancée, plight, troth, marriage

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        "To promise to give in marriage."
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "mbles"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "nšanel",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "նշանել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "isusescu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sgodjavam",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "сгодявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "許配"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xǔpèi",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "许配"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "許嫁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xǔjià",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "许嫁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pìn",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "聘"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "verloven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "fianĉigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "luvata puolisoksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "fiancer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "verloben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mnistévo",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "μνηστεύω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "eljegyeztet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "fiancar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "geall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "fidanzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "promettere in sposa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "taipū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "whakaihi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "whakapākūwhā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "prometre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "acordar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "aprodelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "nişanlamak",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "نشانلامق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "zaręczyć się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "prometer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "logodi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obručátʹ",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обруча́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obručítʹ",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обручи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pomólvitʹ",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "помо́лвить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "zaručiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "zaročiti se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "prometer (en matrimonio)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "förlova"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "trolova"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
          "word": "คู่หมั้น่"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to."
      ],
      "id": "en-betroth-en-verb-YpRNOFIr",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "nişanlanmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "adaxlanmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "訂婚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dìnghūn",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "订婚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "zich verloven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "fianĉiĝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "tags": [
            "transitive"
          ],
          "word": "kihlata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "tags": [
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "kihlautua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "se fiancer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "sich verloben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mnistévomai",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "μνηστεύομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "eljegyez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "trúlofast"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "fiancar su"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "luaigh le"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "fidanzarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "alt": "こんやくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kon'yaku suru",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "婚約する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "roman": "geleşinmek",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "гелешинмек"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "nişanlanmak",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "نشانلانمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obručátʹsja",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обруча́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obručítʹsja",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обручи́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pomólvitʹsja",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "помо́лвиться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "förlova sig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "nişanlanmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "dyweddïo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 80",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "farknsn",
          "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
          "word": "פֿאַרקנסן"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈtɹəʊð/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈtɹoʊð/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊð"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms prefixed with be-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊð",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊð/2 syllables",
    "en:Marriage"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "betrothable"
    },
    {
      "word": "betrothed"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bitrouthen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bitrouthen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "bitreuthen"
      },
      "expansion": "bitreuthen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "treuthe",
        "t": "truth"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "be",
        "3": "troth"
      },
      "expansion": "be- + troth",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bitrouthen, bitreuthen, from treuthe (“truth”), from Old English trēowþe (“truth, pledge, troth”). Equivalent to be- + troth.",
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    {
      "form": "betroths",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "betrothing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "betrothed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "betrothed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "betrothen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "past_ptc2": "betrothen"
      },
      "expansion": "betroth (third-person singular simple present betroths, present participle betrothing, simple past betrothed, past participle betrothed or betrothen)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "affiance"
    },
    {
      "word": "fiancé"
    },
    {
      "word": "fiancée"
    },
    {
      "word": "plight"
    },
    {
      "word": "troth"
    },
    {
      "word": "marriage"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He betrothed his daughter to a distant relative.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To promise to give in marriage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marriage",
          "marriage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈtɹəʊð/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈtɹoʊð/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊð"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "mbles"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nšanel",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "նշանել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "isusescu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sgodjavam",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "сгодявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "許配"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǔpèi",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "许配"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "許嫁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǔjià",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "许嫁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pìn",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "聘"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "verloven"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "fianĉigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "luvata puolisoksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "fiancer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "verloben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mnistévo",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "μνηστεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "eljegyeztet"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "fiancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "geall"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "fidanzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "promettere in sposa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "taipū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "whakaihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "whakapākūwhā"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "prometre"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "acordar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "aprodelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "nişanlamak",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "نشانلامق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "zaręczyć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "prometer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "logodi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obručátʹ",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обруча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obručítʹ",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обручи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomólvitʹ",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "помо́лвить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "zaručiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "zaročiti se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "prometer (en matrimonio)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "förlova"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "trolova"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
      "word": "คู่หมั้น่"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "nişanlanmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "adaxlanmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "訂婚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìnghūn",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "订婚"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "zich verloven"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "fianĉiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "kihlata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "kihlautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "se fiancer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "sich verloben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mnistévomai",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "μνηστεύομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "eljegyez"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "trúlofast"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "fiancar su"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "luaigh le"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "fidanzarsi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こんやくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kon'yaku suru",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "婚約する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "geleşinmek",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "гелешинмек"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "nişanlanmak",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "نشانلانمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obručátʹsja",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обруча́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obručítʹsja",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обручи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomólvitʹsja",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "помо́лвиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "förlova sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "nişanlanmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "dyweddïo"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farknsn",
      "sense": "to promise to take as a future spouse",
      "word": "פֿאַרקנסן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "betroth"
}

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