Dictionary

matrimony en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmæt.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from mātri(s) (“mother”) + -mōnium (“obligation”). By surface analysis, matri- + -mony. Compare patrimony.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Marriage; the state of being married.
   • If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it. 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC:
   • […]you can play around with girls without being involved in meshes of sentiment, and you can do anything and be justified—and here am I with the brains to do everything, yet tied to the sinking ship of future matrimony. 1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book II (The Education of a Personage), page 255:
2. (countable) The ceremony of marriage.
3. (uncountable) A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A spouse.

Forms

Deriveds

matrimony vine · muttrimony · matrimonial · holy matrimony

Relateds

acrimony · alimony · parsimony · ceremony · patrimony · testimony · wedding · sanctimony · harmony

Synonyms

wedding (ceremony of marriage) · wedlock (state of being married) · nuptials (ceremony of marriage) · marriage (state of being married)

Translations (57)

bg съпружество (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · eo edzeco (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · fr mariage (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · hu matrimónium (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · eo nupto (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · de Ehe (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · pt casamento (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · pt matrimónio (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · sv bröllop (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · hnn ambán (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · it nozze (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · ru брак (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · da vielse (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · el κοινωνία γάμου (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · fa عروسی (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · es boda (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · it cerimonia di nozze (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · tr nikâh (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · fi vihkiminen (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · ru сва́дьба (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · eo geedzeco (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · hu esküvő (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · de Heirat (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · de Trauung (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · pt matrimônio (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · fi avioliitto (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · ee srɔ̃ɖeɖe (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · it matrimonio (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · ru бракосочета́ние (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · el γάμος (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · ru супру́жество (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · eo edziniĝo (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · eo edzineco (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · de Hochzeit (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · cmn 婚姻 (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · eo edziĝo (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · eo geedziĝo (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · la mātrimōnium (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · hy հարսանիք (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · el γαμήλια τελετή (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · la coniugium (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · scn matrimoniu (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · fa تأهل (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · pl związek małżeński (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · lv laulība (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · hu házasság (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · tr düğün (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · scn matrimoniu (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · ru заму́жество (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · de Eheschließung (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · cmn 婚礼 (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · hy ամուսնություն (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · da ægteskab (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · bg венчавка (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · el γάμος (marriage ceremony — see also wedding) · bg брак (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage) · it matrimonio (marriage or the state of being married — see also marriage)