nuptial

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʌp.ʃəl/
• (influenced by words ending in -tual, sometimes proscribed) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌp.t͡ʃ(ʊ)əl/

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nuptial (comparative more nuptial, superlative most nuptial)

1. Of or pertaining to wedding and marriage.
   • 1988, Contemporary Dramatists, page 390:

     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.

2. Capable, or characteristic, of breeding.

• (pertaining to wedding and marriage): bridal, spousal

• connubial
• nubile

• patulin, unplait

Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis.

• IPA^(key): /nyp.sjal/

nuptial (feminine nuptiale, masculine plural nuptiaux, feminine plural nuptiales)

1. nuptial

• → Romanian: nupțial

• “nuptial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.