wedding
pronunciation
How to pronounce wedding in British English:
UK [ˈwedɪŋ]
How to pronounce wedding in American English:
US [ˈwedɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
- the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
- a party of people at a wedding
Word Origin
- wedding
- wedding: [OE] A wedding is etymologically a ceremony at which people ‘promise’ to marry each other. The word’s source, the verb wed [OE], goes back to prehistoric Germanic *wathjōjan (source also of German wetten ‘wager’). This in turn was derived from the noun *wathjam ‘pledge’, which also produced English engage, wage, and wager.=> engage, wage, wager
- wedding (n.)
- Old English weddung "state of being wed; pledge, betrothal; action of marrying," verbal noun from wed (v.). Meaning "nuptials, ceremony of marriage" is recorded from early 13c.; the usual Old English word for the ceremony was bridelope, literally "bridal run," in reference to conducting the bride to her new home. Wedding ring is from late 14c.; wedding cake is recorded from 1640s, as a style of architecture from 1879. Wedding-dress attested from 1779; wedding-reception from 1856.
Example
- 1. Marriage is nothing like a wedding .
- 2. It was their wedding anniversary on sunday .
- 3. For estelle a naked wedding seems like a refreshingly simple option .
- 4. Her restrained aesthetics shocked bedi , her wedding planner .
- 5. Hence , their wedding was proclaimed , and the witch answered arthur 's question .