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wedding en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• /ˈwɛdɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without NG-coalescence
• /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• /ˈwedɪŋ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), equivalent to wed + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.

Meanings

1. A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
   • Rumor has it that there will be a wedding in our village ere the daisies are in bloom. 1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter XXIV, in Anne of Avonlea:
   • Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."
   • Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz. 1858, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Wedding-Day”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish:
   • After the wedding there was singing and concertina-playing in the laundry till late evening. 1922, Anton Chekhov, “The Cook's Wedding”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories:
2. (idiomatic) The joining of two or more parts.
   • The wedding of our three companies took place last week.
   • 1900, Eve Emery Dye, McLoughlin and Old Oregon, 2005 facsimile edition, page 56, That wedding of the fur companies is historic.
   • The wedding of commercial with universal banking would result in more careful project evaluation and selection and a closer monitoring of existing loans. 2000, Benton E. Gup, New Financial Architecture: Banking Regulation in the 21st Century, page 221:
   • Significantly, Grand Metropolitan elaborates upon the wedding of tradition and consumer narcissim that is the distinctively British version of private-sector collective representations;[…]. 1991, Richard M. Merelman, Partial Visions: Culture and Politics in Britain, Canada, and the United States, page 162:
   • The wedding of black brass bands and orchestras to jubilee concert companies was a consolidation that favored both promoters and musicians. 2002, Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff, Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895, page 176:

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Deriveds

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Synonyms

nuptials

Translations (241)

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(marriage ceremony) · nb bryllup (marriage ceremony) · gu લગ્ન (marriage ceremony) · ryu にーびち (marriage ceremony) · sk sobáš (marriage ceremony) · sv bröllop (marriage ceremony) · sh venčánje (marriage ceremony) · sah уруу (marriage ceremony) · id pernikahan (marriage ceremony) · xag 𐔾𐔰𐕝𐕄𐕒 (marriage ceremony) · ota عرس (marriage ceremony) · ps توى (marriage ceremony) · ota سور (marriage ceremony) · et pulmad (marriage ceremony) · ml വിവാഹം (marriage ceremony) · es nupcias (marriage ceremony) · de Hochzeit (marriage ceremony) · bg бракосъчета́ние (marriage ceremony) · fo brúdleyp (marriage ceremony) · sc cógiu (marriage ceremony) · crh dügün (marriage ceremony) · it nozze (marriage ceremony) · ca noces (marriage ceremony) · ckb زەماوەند (marriage ceremony) · ja 婚礼 (marriage ceremony) · it matrimonio (marriage ceremony) · acw زواج (marriage ceremony) · rsk свадзба (marriage ceremony) · ar زِفَاف (marriage ceremony) · ms perkahwinan (marriage ceremony) · tyv куда (marriage ceremony) · ba туй (marriage ceremony) · mn хурим (marriage ceremony) · nl hoogtijd (marriage ceremony) · lez мекъер (marriage ceremony) · gml Hochtydt (marriage ceremony) · as বিয়া (marriage ceremony) · vec nose (marriage ceremony) · fr mariage (marriage ceremony) · th การแต่งงาน (marriage ceremony) · tg арӯсӣ (marriage ceremony) · sh сва̀дба (marriage ceremony) · gl casoiro (marriage ceremony) · hu esküvő (marriage ceremony) · tl boda (marriage ceremony) · ur شادی (marriage ceremony) · ru венча́ние (marriage ceremony) · sw harusi (marriage ceremony) · mk венчавка (marriage ceremony) · mk женидба (marriage ceremony) · la nūptiae (marriage ceremony) · lo ງານກິນດອງ (marriage ceremony) · mt tieġ (marriage ceremony) · rsk одаванка (marriage ceremony) · ko 결혼식 (marriage ceremony) · sce ghurun (marriage ceremony) · km អាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ (marriage ceremony) · tg тӯй (marriage ceremony) · la marītāgium (marriage ceremony) · hi शादी (marriage ceremony) · uk сва́дьба (marriage ceremony) · nds Hochtiit (marriage ceremony) · lo ວິວາຫະ (marriage ceremony) · km មង្គលការ (marriage ceremony) · fi yhdistäminen (joining of two or more parts) · hsb kwas (marriage ceremony) · tr nikâh (marriage ceremony) · zlw-opl swadźba (marriage ceremony) · hy հարսանիք (marriage ceremony) · fur gnocis f du (marriage ceremony) · mr लग्न (marriage ceremony) · ru бракосочета́ние (marriage ceremony) · mk свадба (marriage ceremony) · et pulm (marriage ceremony) · tk toý (marriage ceremony) · se heajat (marriage ceremony) · lv laulības (marriage ceremony) · izh häät (marriage ceremony) · ps واده (marriage ceremony) · sk venčenie (marriage ceremony) · bg съединяване (joining of two or more parts) · kk үйлену тойы (marriage ceremony) · nds Hochtied (marriage ceremony) · bg съчетаване (joining of two or more parts) · pdt Kjast (marriage ceremony) · ko 혼례 (marriage ceremony) · rup numtã (marriage ceremony) · nl trouw (marriage ceremony) · lzz ჭანდა (marriage ceremony) · fi häät (marriage ceremony) · it sposalizio (marriage ceremony) · pl poślubienie (joining of two or more parts) · aeb عرس (marriage ceremony) · nl huwelijksplechtigheid (marriage ceremony) · nds Hochteyt (marriage ceremony) · ne विवाह (marriage ceremony) · lt santuoka (marriage ceremony) · fa-ira عَروسی (marriage ceremony) · ta கல்யாணம் (marriage ceremony) · wa noices (marriage ceremony) · alt той (marriage ceremony) · es boda (marriage ceremony) · gl voda (marriage ceremony) · ug توي (marriage ceremony) · hi विवाह (marriage ceremony) · da bryllup (marriage ceremony) · nds Hochtiet (marriage ceremony) · eo edziniĝo (marriage ceremony) · zlw-opl swaćba (marriage ceremony) · bg сва́тба (marriage ceremony) · fa-ira بَیوگانی (marriage ceremony) · sh vjenčánje (marriage ceremony) · tl kasal (marriage ceremony) · nds Hochtyt (marriage ceremony) · cop ⲅⲁⲙⲟⲥ (marriage ceremony) · es casamiento (marriage ceremony) · mns-nor пӯри (marriage ceremony) · ltg kuozys (marriage ceremony) · pt casamento (marriage ceremony) · ryu にーびち祝儀 (marriage ceremony) · yue 婚禮 /婚礼 (marriage ceremony) · fy brulloft (marriage ceremony) · sl svatba (marriage ceremony) · ga pósadh (marriage ceremony) · ckb شایی (marriage ceremony) · nv iigeh (marriage ceremony) · ro nuntă (marriage ceremony) · sl poroka (marriage ceremony) · xal хүрм (marriage ceremony) · sah сыбаайба (marriage ceremony) · arz فرح (marriage ceremony) · he חתונה \ חֲתֻנָּה (marriage ceremony) · gl casamento (marriage ceremony) · gd pòsadh (marriage ceremony) · lt vestuvės (marriage ceremony) · io mariajofesto (marriage ceremony) · ja 結婚式 (marriage ceremony) · eo nupto (marriage ceremony) · ml താലികെട്ട് (marriage ceremony) · ary عرس (marriage ceremony) · da vielse (marriage ceremony) · eo geedziĝo (marriage ceremony) · fi liittäminen (joining of two or more parts) · om cidha (marriage ceremony) · oc nòça (marriage ceremony) · hy պսակ (marriage ceremony) · lad boda (marriage ceremony) · pt boda (marriage ceremony) · uli habbulupoey (marriage ceremony) · gml hochtyt (marriage ceremony) · tt туй (marriage ceremony) · ang ġifta (marriage ceremony) · ms pernikahan (marriage ceremony) · sh венча́ње (marriage ceremony) · yol weddeen (marriage ceremony) · kmr zemawend (marriage ceremony) · cmn 婚禮 /婚礼 (marriage ceremony) · my အာဝါဟဝိဝါဟ (marriage ceremony) · ml കല്യാണം (marriage ceremony) · pt casório (marriage ceremony) · bn বিবাহ (marriage ceremony) · fro mariage (marriage ceremony) · eo edziĝo (marriage ceremony) · nds Hochtyd (marriage ceremony) · yi חתונה (marriage ceremony) · hu nász (marriage ceremony) · bn শাদি (marriage ceremony) · ka ქორწილი (marriage ceremony) · mi mārenatanga (marriage ceremony) · ta திருமணம் (marriage ceremony) · sv vigsel (marriage ceremony) · udi лашӏкӏой (marriage ceremony) · ar عُرْس (marriage ceremony) · rsk винчанє (marriage ceremony) · cv туй (marriage ceremony) · av бертин (marriage ceremony) · crh toy (marriage ceremony) · gd banais (marriage ceremony) · sh вјенча́ње (marriage ceremony) · tr düğün (marriage ceremony)

wikidata: Q49836

wedding en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• /ˈwɛdɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without NG-coalescence
• /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• /ˈwedɪŋ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), equivalent to wed + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of wed
   form of wed
   • Accordingly the Prince, accepting her largesse, sought the King to whom he had pledged his parents (and they were still with him in all weal and welfare) and going in to him made his salam and kissed ground and told him the whole tale of the past and the conditions of death or marriage he had made with the King's daughter and of his wedding her after overcoming her in contention. 1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 14:

Relateds

marry (Related terms) · groom (Related terms) · bride (Related terms) · hymeneal (Related terms) · marriage (Related terms) · wed (Related terms) · engagement (Related terms) · honeymoon (Related terms)

wedding en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• /ˈwɛdɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without NG-coalescence
• /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• /ˈwedɪŋ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (US) audio

Etymology

A conversion of wedding (noun) to a verb.

Meanings

1. (humorous, intransitive) To participate in a wedding.
   • (In her private life this year, three of her children have been married, in quick succession, leaving her "weddinged out.") 2002, Whitney Balliett, Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz 1954-2001, page 78:
   • Getting married is entirely different than getting weddinged. 1998 July 3, “NET-HAPPENINGS Digest”, in schl.news.nethappen (Usenet):
   • Wasn't he the dude she weddinged with in her "Love All Over Me" vid? Sure was. . . 2010 October 20, “Sideshow: Stop the press:...”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, The:
   • "Snowball" was the name of this good steed, and great care had evidently been taken in her grooming to make her worthy of her name, her bridle being also gaily decked with coloured ribbons, for, as John said, when attending to these duties, "You don't go out a weddinging every day, do you, old gal?" 1905, Hubert Garle with George Morland and Percy Fairclough, A driving tour in the Isle of Wight, page 116:
   • "Where you goin' get weddinged?" she inquired one day. / "We shall be married at the Episcopal Church, Yin Yang," 1909, Daisy E. M. F. Campbell, “Miss Yin Yang, of Shanghai”, in The New England magazine, volume 40:
   • It was the most opportune time; I had my agenda and she had hers, and I suspected that she and Susan would be “weddinged” out by the time they got home 2010, Edward Anchel, Lost in Vegas:

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