"wedding ring" meaning in English

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Noun

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Etymology: From Middle English wedding ring, wedding ryng, weddynge rynge, weddyng ryng. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wedding ring}} Middle English wedding ring Head templates: {{en-noun}} wedding ring (plural wedding rings)
  1. (jewelry) One of a pair or rings exchanged by spouses in a wedding ceremony, and afterwards worn by them, symbolizing continuous fidelity. Wikipedia link: wedding ring Categories (topical): Jewelry, Marriage Synonyms: wedding band, wedding-ring Derived forms: wedding ring effect Related terms: engagement ring, commitment ring Translations (a ring symbolizing marriage): خَاتَم زَوَاج (ḵātam zawāj) [masculine] (Arabic), 結婚手指 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 结婚手指 (kiat-hun chhiú-chí) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 結婚戒指 (Chinese Cantonese), 结婚戒指 (git³ fan¹ gaai³ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 婚戒 (fan¹ gaai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 結婚戒指 (Chinese Mandarin), 结婚戒指 (jiéhūn jièzhi) (Chinese Mandarin), 結婚指環 (Chinese Mandarin), 结婚指环 (jiéhūn zhǐhuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 婚戒 (hūnjiè) (Chinese Mandarin), nişan yüzügi (Crimean Tatar), snubní prsten [masculine] (Czech), vielsesring [common-gender] (Danish), trouwring [masculine] (Dutch), geedzoringo (Esperanto), vihkisormus (Finnish), alliance [feminine] (French), ნიშნობის ბეჭედი (nišnobis beč̣edi) (Georgian), Ehering [masculine] (German), Trauring [masculine] (German), βέρα (véra) [feminine] (Greek), jegygyűrű (Hungarian), karikagyűrű (Hungarian), fede [feminine] (Italian), vera [feminine] (Italian), 結婚指輪 (kekkon yubiwa) (Japanese), 결혼 반지 (gyeolhon banji) (Korean), бу́рма (búrma) [feminine] (Macedonian), ве́нчален пр́стен (vénčalen pŕsten) [masculine] (Macedonian), ċurkett ta’ tieġ (Maltese), rīngi mārena (Maori), rīngi mārenatanga (Maori), bague dé neuches [feminine] (Norman), giftering [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), giftering [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), حلقه ازدواج (halqe-ye ezdevâj) (Persian), obrączka [feminine] (Polish), obrączka ślubna [feminine] (Polish), aliança [feminine] (Portuguese), verighetă [feminine] (Romanian), inel de logodnă [neuter] (Romanian), обруча́льное кольцо́ (obručálʹnoje kolʹcó) [neuter] (Russian), fàinne-pòsaidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), бурма [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), burma [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), snubný prsteň [masculine] (Slovak), alianza [feminine] (Spanish), anillo de boda [masculine] (Spanish), anillo de casado [masculine] (Spanish), vigselring [common-gender] (Swedish), ఉంకుటుంగరము (uṅkuṭuṅgaramu) (Telugu), alyans (Turkish), обру́чка (obrúčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), nhẫn cưới (Vietnamese)
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          "roman": "jiéhūn zhǐhuán",
          "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
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          "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
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          "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
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          "word": "alliance"
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          "roman": "nišnobis beč̣edi",
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          "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
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          "word": "обруча́льное кольцо́"
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      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
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      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "结婚戒指"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "结婚指环"
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      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "nişan yüzügi"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "snubní prsten"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vielsesring"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trouwring"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "geedzoringo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "vihkisormus"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alliance"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nišnobis beč̣edi",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "ნიშნობის ბეჭედი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Ehering"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Trauring"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "véra",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "βέρα"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "jegygyűrű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "karikagyűrű"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fede"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vera"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kekkon yubiwa",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "結婚指輪"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeolhon banji",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "결혼 반지"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "búrma",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бу́рма"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vénčalen pŕsten",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "ċurkett ta’ tieġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "rīngi mārena"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "rīngi mārenatanga"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bague dé neuches"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "giftering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "giftering"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "halqe-ye ezdevâj",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "حلقه ازدواج"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obrączka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obrączka ślubna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aliança"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verighetă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "inel de logodnă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obručálʹnoje kolʹcó",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обруча́льное кольцо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fàinne-pòsaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бурма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snubný prsteň"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alianza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anillo de boda"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "anillo de casado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vigselring"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "uṅkuṭuṅgaramu",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "ఉంకుటుంగరము"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "alyans"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obrúčka",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обру́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a ring symbolizing marriage",
      "word": "nhẫn cưới"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wedding ring"
}

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