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nuptials.

A wedding ceremony.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈnʌp.ʃəlz//ˈnʌp.t͡ʃ(ʊ)əlz/
  1. A wedding ceremony.

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From nuptial, borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”) (also plural only), from nūpta, from nūbō (“to marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho-, *snewbʰ- (“to marry, wed”). Cognate with French noces and Italian nozze.

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