engagement ring

engagement ring

English

Noun

engagement ring (plural engagement rings)

1. A ring given to one's fiancé(e) or intended fiancé(e), signifying a promise to wed, typically a gold band with one or more diamonds or other precious stones.
   1. By extension, any ring that has the appearance of a ring given as a promise to wed.
      • 2010, Donald L. Maly, Oasis of Hope, page 20:

        After about five minutes we dug up an old engagement ring.

      • 2014, Holly Martin, The Guestbook:

        Wednesday: I found an engagement ring on the beach this morning, beautiful little thing, a diamond the shape of a teardrop and two clusters of tiny sapphires on either side.

Translations

a ring signifying a promise to wed

Arabic: خَاتَم اَلْخُطُوبَة‎ m (ḵātam al-ḵuṭūba) Chinese: Mandarin: 訂婚戒指／订婚戒指 (dìnghūn jièzhi), 訂婚指環／订婚指环 (dìnghūn zhǐhuán) Danish: forlovelsesring (da) c Dutch: verlovingsring (nl) m Finnish: kihlasormus (fi) French: bague de fiançailles f German: Verlobungsring (de) m Greek: βέρα (el) f (véra) Hungarian: eljegyzési gyűrű, jegygyűrű (hu) Irish: fáinne gealltanais m Japanese: 婚約指輪 (こんやくゆびわ, kon'yaku yubiwa) Ladino: Latin: aniyo de kidushim m Macedonian: веренички прстен m (verenički prsten) Norman: bague dé fianchailles f, bague d'engagement f Norwegian: Bokmål: forlovelsesring m Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: pierścionek zaręczynowy m Portuguese: anel de noivado m Romanian: inel de logodnă (ro) n Russian: обруча́льное кольцо́ (ru) n (obručálʹnoje kolʹcó) Spanish: anillo de compromiso m Swedish: förlovningsring (sv) c Telugu: ఉంకుటుంగరము (te) (uṅkuṭuṅgaramu) Vietnamese: nhẫn đính hôn

See also

• wedding ring