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nuptial

/ˈnʌp.t͡ʃ(ʊ)əl/UK/ˈnʌp.ʃəl/

nuptial adjective: of or pertaining to wedding and marriage.

Adjective

nuptial (comparative more nuptial, superlative most nuptial)

  1. Of or pertaining to wedding and marriage.
    • To prevent the erosion of his own authority, Basil is persuaded to re-enact his father's crime — to unflower the servant girl on her nuptial night.1988, Contemporary Dramatists, page 390
    Synonyms:
    bridal, spousal
  2. Capable, or characteristic, of breeding.

nuptial meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

nuptial in Urdu

ازدواجی, شادی سے متعلق, عروسی

nuptial in Bengali

বিয়েসংক্রান্ত

nuptial in Malayalam

വിവാഹം സംബന്ധിച്ച, വൈവാഹികമായ

nuptial in Kannada

ಮದುವೆ, ಮದುವೆಯ, ವಿವಾಹ ಸಂಬಂಧದ, ಶೋಭನ ಪ್ರಸ್ತದ
More languagesFewer languages
nuptial in Sanskrit
वैवाहिक vaivāhika
nuptial in Malay
perkahwinan

Synonyms of nuptial

Forms of nuptial

comparativemore nuptial
superlativemost nuptial

Origin of nuptial

Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”), from nūbō (“to marry, to take as husband”).

Words formed from nuptial

Phrases with nuptial

Questions about nuptial

What does nuptial mean?
Nuptial means of or pertaining to wedding and marriage.
What is nuptial in Urdu?
Nuptial in Urdu is ازدواجی, شادی سے متعلق, عروسی. See Nuptial meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is nuptial?
Nuptial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nuptial?
Nuptial is pronounced /ˈnʌp.ʃəl/ (UK).

Words near nuptial in the dictionary

  1. nuplexes
  2. Nupoid
  3. Nuprin
  4. nupson
  5. nupsons
  6. nuptial
  7. nuptial act
  8. nuptial acts
  9. nuptial plumage
  10. nuptial stone
  11. nuptialities

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nuptial (page history and authors); nuptial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nuptial (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nuptial (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nuptial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वैवाहिक (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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