Marriage

Noun

 * 1) The state of being married.
 * 2) The union of two people, to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.
 * 3) A wedding.
 * 4) A close union.
 * 5) A joining of two parts.
 * 6)  A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

Adjectives for Marriage
happy; unhappy; loveless; convenient; crude; dubious; ungentle; placid; conjectural; unworthy; bogged; subsequent; ill-starred; spiteful; wondrous; fat; ceremonious; intelligent; dubious; possible; ideal; continual; intended; somber; imprudent; hasty; impending; private; ensuing; repented; plural; honorable; brilliant; acceptable; sudden; monstrous; morganatic; uncertain; consanguineous; impecunious; derogatory; ill-marched; idiotic; imprudent; impetuous; necessary; mercenary; reckless; indissoluble; heterodox; cradle; wealthy; international; immediate; advantageous; previous; impromptu;

Verbs for Marriage
absolve—; annul—; attend—; bless—; cement—; consummate—; contract—; dissolve—; ensure—; give in—; indicate—; precipitate—; romanticize—; sanctify—; sanction—; terminate—; undermine—; —materializes; —sanctifies; —unites; plunge into—.

Thesaurus
conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy, convergence, copulation, coupling, ecumenism, elopement, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, epithalamium, espousals, espousement, federalization, federation, flesh, fleshliness, forced marriage, frigidity, fusion, gathering, honeymoon, hookup, hymen, hymeneal, hymeneal rites, impotence, inclusion, incorporation, integration, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, junta, knotting, league, liaison, libido, linkage, linking, love, lovemaking, match, matrimony, meeting, meld, melding, merger, merging, nuptial apartment, nuptial mass, nuptial song, nuptials, package, package deal, pairing, potency, prothalamium, saffron veil, sensuality, sex drive, sexiness, sexual instinct, sexual urge, sexualism, sexuality, shotgun wedding, solidification, splice, spousal, spousals, symbiosis, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, voluptuousness, wedding, wedding canopy, wedding song, wedding veil, wedlock, yoking, Anschluss, Gretna Green wedding, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, articulation, assimilation, association, banns, blend, blending, bond, bracketing, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, cabal, carnality, cartel, centralization, chuppah, church wedding, civil ceremony, civil wedding, clustering, coalescence, coalition, coldness, combination, combine, combo, communication, composition, concatenation, concourse, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confluence, congeries, conglomeration.

Etymology
From mariage:, from marier:, from  maritare:, from maritus:, from mas:

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"m{r\IdZ/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"m{r\@dZ/}}

Synonyms

 * matrimony
 * wedding

Antonyms

 * divorce

Related terms
arranged marriage; bilocal marriage; Boston marriage; celestial marriage; civil marriage; common-law marriage; companionate marriage; dissolution of marriage; frank-marriage; gay marriage; group marriage; levirate marriage; marriageable; marriage bed; marriage broker; marriage counseling; marriage counsellor; marriage finger; marriage guidance; marriage lite; marriage money; marriage of convenience; marriage penalty; marriage portion; marriage settlement; mixed marriage; morganatic marriage; open marriage; plural marriage; putative marriage; republican marriage; royal marriage; same-sex marriage; shotgun marriage; sororate marriage ; white marriage; work marriage.

Translations

 * Arabic: (zawāj)
 * Armenian: ամուսնություն (amusnut'yun)
 * Chinese: 婚姻 (hūnyīn)
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ægteskab, giftermål
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 結婚 (けっこん, kekkon)
 * Korean: 결혼 (gyeolhon)
 * Latin:


 * Malayalam: വിവാഹജീവിതം
 * Maltese: żwieġ
 * Norwegian:, giftemål
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: căsătorie, căsnicie
 * Russian:, замужество
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ամուսնություն (amusnut'yun)
 * Chinese: 婚姻 (hūnyīn)
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ægteskab, giftermål
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: geedzeco, geedziĝo
 * Ewe:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,


 * Japanese: 結婚 (けっこん kekkon), 婚姻 (こんいん konin)
 * Korean: 결혼 (gyeolhon)
 * Maltese: żwieġ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: căsătorie
 * Russian:, замужество
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bryllup, vielse
 * Dutch:
 * Ewe:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Malayalam: വിവാഹം, കല്യാണം,  മാംഗല്യം,   മംഗലം,  താലികെട്ട്


 * Maltese: żwieġ, tieġ
 * Norwegian:
 * Old French:
 * Romanian: cununie, nuntă
 * Russian:, бракосочетание
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish: boda
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tamil: திருமணம்
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu:


 * Czech:
 * Danish: forbindelse, forening
 * Finnish:


 * Italian: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Danish: forening
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Verheiratung


 * Italian: stato coniugale
 * Malayalam: സംയോജനം
 * Swahili: