Marriage

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also

English

Etymology

Middle English mariage , from Old French mariage , from marier "to marry", from Latin maritare "to marry", literally "give a husband to", from maritus "married man, husband", derived probably from Proto-Indo-European *mari-, perhaps a feminine stem of *mer-yo- "young man or young woman" (hence *mari-to- "given a wife"), if not somehow connected with mas "male" (stem mar-).

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
RP	/ˈmærɪdʒ/	/"m{rIdZ/
GenAm	/ˈmærədʒ/	/"m{r@dZ/

• Hyphenation: mar·riage

Noun

marriage

1. A permanent, legally binding union.

   The legal as well as theological restrictions of a marriage, including gender of persons, number of persons, age of persons and other specifications differ depending on the governing bodies chosen restrictions.

2. A joining of two parts.

Translations

Chinese characters: 婚, 姻 Chinese: 结婚 (jiehun), 婚姻 (hunyin) Czech: sňatek m avioliitto French: mariage m Italian: matrimonio m

Japanese: 結婚 (けっこん), 婚姻 (こんいん)

See also

• Marriage — Wikipedia
• marriageable
• marry
• wedding
• monogamy
• polygamy
• polygyny
• polyandry
• group marriage