matrimony

English

Etymology

From Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from māter (“mother”) +‎ -mōnium (“obligation”). Also matri- +‎ -mony. Compare patrimony

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmatɹɪməni/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmætɹɪmoʊni/
Hyphenation: mat‧ri‧mo‧ny

Noun

matrimony (countable and uncountable, plural matrimonies)

Marriage; the state of being married.
- Book of Common Prayer
  If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it.
The ceremony of marriage.
A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards.

Synonyms

(state of being married): marriage, wedlock

Related terms

Words ending with -mony ("state, condition, obligation")

acrimony = "acrid" "state"
alimony = "support" "obligation"
ceremony = "to do, make" "state"
harmony = "joint" "state"
parsimony = "frugality" "action"
patrimony = "father" "state (estate)"
sanctimony = "holy" "action"
testimony = "witness" "obligation/condition"

See Related terms of mother

Derived terms

matrimony vine

Translations

marriage or the state of being married

Armenian: ամուսնություն (hy) (amusnutʿyun)
Danish: ægteskab (da) c
Finnish: avioliitto (fi)
French: mariage (fr) m
German: Ehe (de) f
Greek: γάμος (el) m (gámos), κοινωνία γάμου f (koinonía gámou)

Hungarian: házasság (hu)
Italian: matrimonio (it) m
Latin: mātrimōnium n
Portuguese: matrimónio (pt) (Portugal), matrimônio (pt) (Brazil)
Russian: брак (ru) m (brak), супру́жество (ru) n (suprúžestvo), заму́жество (ru) n (zamúžestvo) (of women only)
Turkish: nikâh (tr)

the marriage ceremony

Armenian: հարսանիք (hy) (harsanikʿ)
Danish: vielse (da) c
Ewe: srɔ̃ɖeɖe
Finnish: vihkiminen (fi)
German: Hochzeit (de) f, Heirat (de) f, Eheschließung (de) f, Trauung (de) f
Greek: γαμήλια τελετή f (gamília teletí), γάμος (el) m (gámos)
Hungarian: esküvő (hu)

Italian: matrimonio (it) m, cerimonia di nozze, nozze (it) f pl
Portuguese: casamento (pt) m
Russian: сва́дьба (ru) f (svádʹba), бракосочета́ние (ru) n (brakosočetánije)
Spanish: boda (es) f
Swedish: bröllop (sv) n
Turkish: düğün (tr)