"betrothal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɪˈtɹəʊ.ðəl/ [UK], /bɪˈtɹoʊ.ðəl/ [Canada, US], /bɪˈtɹəʉ.ðəl/ [General-Australian], /bɪˈtɹɐʉ.ðəl/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-betrothal.wav Forms: betrothals [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊðəl Etymology: From betroth + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|betroth|al}} betroth + -al Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} betrothal (countable and uncountable, plural betrothals)
  1. The act of betrothing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Marriage
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  2. The fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between two people. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Marriage Translations (mutual promise): mblesë [feminine] (Albanian), isozmã [feminine] (Aromanian), arãvoanã [feminine] (Aromanian), годеж (godež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), бракосъчетание (brakosǎčetanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 定親 (Chinese Mandarin), 定亲 (dìngqīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 婚約 (Chinese Mandarin), 婚约 (hūnyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), zasnoubení [neuter] (Czech), verloving [feminine] (Dutch), ondertrouw [masculine] (Dutch), kihlaus (Finnish), kihlautuminen (Finnish), accordailles [feminine, plural] (French), fiançailles [feminine, plural] (French), Verlobung [feminine] (German), Verlöbnis [neuter] (German), Verlobung [Hochpreußisch] (German), Verlobung [Kölnisch] (German), Verlobung [Oberlausitzisch] (German), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍆𐍄𐍃 (fragifts) [feminine] (Gothic), αρραβώνας (arravónas) [masculine] (Greek), αρραβώνιασμα (arravóniasma) [neuter] (Greek), cleamhnas [masculine] (Irish), fidanzamento [masculine] (Italian), 婚約 (kon'yaku) (alt: こんやく) (Japanese), 약혼 (yakhon) (Korean), sponsālia [neuter, plural] (Latin), Ferluawunge [Sauerländisch, feminine] (Low German), Verlawung (english: (also) Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch) [feminine] (Low German), Verlowung [feminine] (Low German), Verlobung [feminine] (Low German), веридба (veridba) [feminine] (Macedonian), moumouranga (Maori), نامزدی (nâmzadi) (Persian), zaręczyny [plural] (Polish), esponsais [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), noivado [masculine] (Portuguese), logodnă [feminine] (Romanian), помо́лвка (pomólvka) [feminine] (Russian), обруче́ние (obručénije) [neuter] (Russian), rèiteach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), esponsales [masculine, plural] (Spanish), palabra de matrimonio [feminine] (Spanish), promesa de matrimonio [feminine] (Spanish), talimbuhol (Tagalog), sự đính hôn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-betrothal-en-noun-dnBDd7GN Disambiguation of Marriage: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'mutual promise': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: betrothment, affiance Derived forms: prebetrothal

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "mutual promise",
          "word": "talimbuhol"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "mutual promise",
          "word": "sự đính hôn"
        }
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with East Central German translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Gothic translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Low German translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "mblesë"
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      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "isozmã"
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      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "godež",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "brakosǎčetanie",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бракосъчетание"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "定親"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìngqīn",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "定亲"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "婚約"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hūnyuē",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "婚约"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "zasnoubení"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "verloving"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ondertrouw"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "kihlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "kihlautuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "accordailles"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "fiançailles"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verlobung"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Verlöbnis"
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      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "Hochpreußisch"
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      "word": "Verlobung"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "Kölnisch"
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      "word": "Verlobung"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmw-ecg",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "Oberlausitzisch"
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      "word": "Verlobung"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "fragifts",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍆𐍄𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "arravónas",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αρραβώνας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "arravóniasma",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αρραβώνιασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cleamhnas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fidanzamento"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こんやく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kon'yaku",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "婚約"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yakhon",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "약혼"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sponsālia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "Sauerländisch",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ferluawunge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "english": "(also) Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verlawung"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Verlowung"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verlobung"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "veridba",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "веридба"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "moumouranga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâmzadi",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "نامزدی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "zaręczyny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "esponsais"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "noivado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "logodnă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomólvka",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "помо́лвка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obručénije",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обруче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rèiteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "esponsales"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palabra de matrimonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "promesa de matrimonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "talimbuhol"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mutual promise",
      "word": "sự đính hôn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "betrothal"
}

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