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matrimony

Syllables: mat·ri·mo·nyUK/ˈmat.ɹɪ.mə.ni//ˈmæt.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/

matrimony noun: marriage; the state of being married.

Noun

matrimony (countable and uncountable, plural matrimonies)

  1. (uncountable) Marriage; the state of being married.
    • If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it.1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC
    • […]you can play around with girls without being involved in meshes of sentiment, and you can do anything and be justified—and here am I with the brains to do everything, yet tied to the sinking ship of future matrimony.1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book II (The Education of a Personage), page 255
    Synonyms:
    marriage, wedlock
  2. (countable) The ceremony of marriage.
    Synonyms:
    wedding, nuptials
  3. (uncountable) A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards.
  4. (obsolete) A spouse.

matrimony meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

matrimony in Tamil

திருமணம்

matrimony in Urdu

matrimony, nikah
نکاح nikāh

matrimony in Bengali

বিবাহ, বিয়ে, পরিণয়

matrimony in Malayalam

ദാമ്പത്യം, കല്യാണം, വിവാഹം
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matrimony in Kannada
ಮದುವೆ, ವಿವಾಹ, ಪರಿಣಯ, ವಿವಾಹಿತ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ
matrimony in Sanskrit
पतित्व patitvá
matrimony in Persian
تأهل ta'ahhol, عروسی 'arusi

Synonyms of matrimony

Forms of matrimony

pluralmatrimonies

Origin of matrimony

From Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from mātri(s) (“mother”) + -mōnium (“obligation”). By surface analysis, matri- + -mony. Compare patrimony.

Words formed from matrimony

Phrases with matrimony

Questions about matrimony

What does matrimony mean?
Matrimony means marriage; the state of being married.
What is matrimony in Tamil?
Matrimony in Tamil is திருமணம். See Matrimony meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is matrimony?
Matrimony is a noun.
How do you pronounce matrimony?
Matrimony is pronounced /ˈmat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/ (UK).
What is the plural of matrimony?
The plural of matrimony is matrimonies.

Words near matrimony in the dictionary

  1. matrimonially
  2. matrimonials
  3. matrimonies
  4. matrimonious
  5. matrimoniously
  6. matrimony
  7. matrimony vine
  8. matrimony vines
  9. matrin
  10. matrine
  11. matrioshka

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: matrimony (page history and authors); matrimony (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); نکاح (Urdu) (page history and authors); matrimony (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); matrimony (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); matrimony (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पतित्व (Sanskrit) (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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