betrothal
UK/bɪˈtɹəʊ.ðəl//bɪˈtɹoʊ.ðəl/
betrothal noun: the act of betrothing.
Noun
betrothal (countable and uncountable, plural betrothals)
- The act of betrothing.
- marriage betrothal
- formal betrothal
- The fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between two people.
betrothal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
betrothal in Hindi
- mutual promise
- वाग्दान vāgdān, सगाई sagāī, मँगनी maṅgnī
betrothal in Tamil
- mutual promise
- நிச்சயதார்த்தம் niccayatārttam
betrothal in Urdu
- mutual promise
- مَن٘گْنی maṅgnī, سَگائی sagāī
betrothal in Malayalam
- engagement, marriage contract, espousal
- വിവാഹനിശ്ചയം, നിശ്ചയം, അച്ചാരക്കല്യാണം, കല്യാണനിശ്ചയം, കുറികൊട, ഒക്കൽ
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- betrothal in Kannada
- ಮದುವೆ ತೀರ್ಮಾನ, ಮದುವೆಯ ನಿಶ್ಚಯ, ಲಗ್ನ ನಿಶ್ಚಯ, ವಿವಾಹ ನಿಶ್ಚಯ
- betrothal in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਗਨ śagan
- betrothal in Gujarati
- સગાઈ sagāī
- betrothal in Tagalog
- talimbuhol
- betrothal in Arabic
- خِطْبَة ḵiṭba, خُطُوبَة ḵuṭūba
- betrothal in Thai
- การหมั้น gaan-mân
- betrothal in Vietnamese
- hôn ước
- betrothal in Myanmar
- စေ့စပ်ကြောင်းလမ်းခြင်း ce.capkraung:lam:hkrang:
Examples of betrothal in a sentence
- announce a betrothal
- Their betrothal was announced in the local newspaper.
- The play ends with a wedding after a long betrothal.
Synonyms of betrothal
Forms of betrothal
| plural | betrothals |
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Origin of betrothal
From betroth + -al.
Words formed from betrothal
Questions about betrothal
- What does betrothal mean?
- Betrothal means the act of betrothing.
- What is betrothal in Hindi?
- Betrothal in Hindi is वाग्दान (vāgdān), सगाई (sagāī), मँगनी (maṅgnī). See Betrothal meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use betrothal in a sentence?
- announce a betrothal
- What part of speech is betrothal?
- Betrothal is a noun.
- How do you pronounce betrothal?
- Betrothal is pronounced /bɪˈtɹəʊ.ðəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of betrothal?
- The plural of betrothal is betrothals.
Words near betrothal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: betrothal (page history and authors); betrothal (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); betrothal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸ਼ਗਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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