sposalizio
Italian
Alternative forms
- sponsalizio (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin spōnsālicius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spo.zaˈlit.t͡sjo/
- Rhymes: -ittsjo
- Hyphenation: spo‧sa‧lì‧zio
Noun
sposalizio m (plural sposalizi)
- a wedding ceremony
Proper noun
sposalizio ?
- (Venice) the ritual wedding of Venice with the sea in which a ring is dropped into the water by a Doge from a bucintoro (properly "lo sposalizio del mare")
Further reading
- sposalizio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana