nupcial
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nupcial m or f (masculine and feminine plural nupcials)
Related terms
Further reading
- “nupcial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “nupcial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “nupcial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nupcial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: nup‧cial
Adjective
nupcial m or f (plural nupciais)
Further reading
- “nupcial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Occitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
nupcial m (feminine singular nupciala, masculine plural nupcials, feminine plural nupcialas)
Related terms
- nupcialament
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 473.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nuptiālis (“nuptial”), from nubō (“to marry”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰo- (“to marry, to wed”). By surface analysis, núpcias + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /nu.pi.siˈaw/ [nu.pi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nu.piˈsjaw/ [nu.piˈsjaʊ̯], /nup.siˈaw/ [nup.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nupˈsjaw/ [nupˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /nup.siˈaw/ [nup.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nupˈsjaw/ [nupˈsjaʊ̯], /nu.pi.siˈaw/ [nu.pi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nu.piˈsjaw/ [nu.piˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nuˈpsjal/ [nuˈpsjaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /nuˈpsja.li/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: nup‧ci‧al
Adjective
nupcial m or f (plural nupciais, not comparable)
- nuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage)
- Synonyms: casamenteiro, conjugal, matrimonial
Related terms
Further reading
- “nupcial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nubˈθjal/ [nuβ̞ˈθjal] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /nubˈsjal/ [nuβ̞ˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: nup‧cial
Adjective
nupcial m or f (masculine and feminine plural nupciales)
- nuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage)
- Synonym: matrimonial
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “nupcial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024