wedding ring

wedding ring

See also: wedding-ring

English

Alternative forms

• wedding-ring

Noun

wedding ring (plural wedding rings)

1. One of a pair or rings exchanged by bride and groom in a wedding ceremony, and afterwards worn by them; symbolizes continuous fidelity.
   • 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 558204586:

     The surgeon leaned over the body, and raised the left hand. 'The old story,' he said, shaking his head: 'no wedding-ring, I see. Ah! Good-night!'

   • 1947, Willard Robison (lyrics and music), “Don't Smoke in Bed”, performed by Peggy Lee:

     Goodbye, old sleepyhead / I'm packing you in like I said / Take care of everything / I'm leaving my wedding ring

Synonyms

• wedding band

Translations

a ring symbolizing marriage

Arabic: خَاتَم زَوَاج‎ m (ḵātam zawāj) Chinese: Mandarin: 結婚戒指／结婚戒指 (jiéhūn jièzhi), 結婚指環／结婚指环 (jiéhūn zhǐhuán) Crimean Tatar: nişan yüzügi Czech: snubní prsten m Danish: vielsesring (da) c Dutch: trouwring (nl) m Esperanto: geedzoringo Finnish: vihkisormus (fi) French: alliance (fr) f Georgian: ნიშნობის ბეჭედი (nišnobis beč̣edi) German: Ehering (de) m, Trauring (de) m Greek: βέρα (el) f (véra) Hungarian: jegygyűrű (hu) Italian: fede (it) f, vera (it) f Japanese: 結婚指輪 (kekkon yubiwa) Macedonian: бу́рма f (búrma), ве́нчален пр́стен m (vénčalen pŕsten) Maltese: ċurkett ta' tieġ Maori: rīngi mārena, rīngi mārenatanga Norman: bague dé neuches f Norwegian: Bokmål: giftering m Nynorsk: giftering m Persian: حلقه ازدواج‎ (halqe-ye ezdevâj) Polish: obrączka (pl) f, obrączka ślubna (pl) f Portuguese: aliança (pt) f Romanian: verighetă (ro) f, inel de logodnă (ro) n Russian: обруча́льное кольцо́ (ru) n (obručálʹnoje kolʹcó) Scottish Gaelic: fàinne-pòsaidh f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бурма f Roman: burma (sh) f Slovak: snubný prsteň m Spanish: alianza (es) f, anillo de boda m, anillo de casado m Swedish: vigselring (sv) c Telugu: ఉంకుటుంగరము (te) (uṅkuṭuṅgaramu) Turkish: alyans (tr) Ukrainian: обру́чка f (obrúčka) Vietnamese: nhẫn cưới (vi)

See also

• engagement ring