See betroth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "He betrothed his daughter to a distant relative.",
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"text": "We loved each other at once, but she was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor.",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
"word": "mbles"
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"sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
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"sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
"word": "許配"
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"word": "許嫁"
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"word": "聘"
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"sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
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"sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
"word": "fidanzare"
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"sense": "to promise to give in marriage",
"word": "คู่หมั้น่"
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 20:7:",
"text": "What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?",
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"word": "訂婚"
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"word": "fiancar su"
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"word": "婚約する"
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"en:Marriage"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "betrothable"
},
{
"word": "betrothal"
},
{
"word": "betrothed"
},
{
"word": "betrothment"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "bitrouthen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English bitrouthen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "trēowþe",
"t": "truth, pledge, troth"
},
"expansion": "Old English trēowþe (“truth, pledge, troth”)",
"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.",
"forms": [
{
"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": [
{
"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 quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He betrothed his daughter to a distant relative.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC:",
"text": "We loved each other at once, but she was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To promise to give in marriage."
],
"links": [
[
"marriage",
"marriage"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 20:7:",
"text": "What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bəˈtɹəʊð/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/bəˈtɹoʊð/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊð"
}
],
"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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