nuptials

== English == === Etymology === From nuptial, borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”) (also plural only), from nūpta, from nūbō (“to marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho-, *snewbʰ- (“to marry, wed”). Cognate with French noces and Italian nozze. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnʌp.ʃəlz/ (influenced by words ending in -tual, sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /ˈnʌp.t͡ʃ(ʊ)əlz/ Hyphenation: nup‧tials === Noun === nuptials pl (plural only) A wedding ceremony. [from mid 16th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== wedding ==== Related terms ==== nubile nuptial nuptial act nuptiality ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === wedding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === painslut, patulins, tailspun, unplaits