English Explanatory Dictionary

marry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
To enter into marriage with one another.
To take as husband or wife.
To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.
To join or connect. See also marry up.
To unite; to join together into a close union.
To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.

intj

A term of asseveration: indeed!, in truth!

Pronunciation

/ˈmæɹi/ mărʹē en-us-ne-marry.ogg /ˈmɛɹi/ en-us-marry.ogg /ˈmaɾe/ /ˈmaɾɪ/

Word forms

marry marries marrying married mary

Etymology

From Middle English marien, from Anglo-Norman marïer, from Latin marītāre (“to wed”), from marītus (“husband, suitor”), from mās (“man, male”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”), same source as Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “suitor, young man”). Compare its feminine derivatives: Welsh morwyn (“girl”), merch (“daughter”), Crimean Gothic marzus (“wedding”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “boy; girl”), Lithuanian marti̇̀ (“bride”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱriia, “yeoman”).) Displaced native Old English hīwian.

Synonyms

bewed conjoin couple espouse handfast hitch join marry splice spouse wed get married

Antonyms

divorce separate

Related words

marriage get married wed

Derived words

devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter dismarry gay-marry gay marry inmarry intermarry intramarry marriable married sector marrier marry come up marryer marry fuck kill marry-in marry in marry in haste, repent at leisure marry into marry me marry me chicken marry money marry-muff marry off marry out marry over the broomstick marry the gunner's daughter marry the ketchup marry the ketchups marry up Mary-marry-merry merger mismarry nonmarrying outmarry remarried remarry unmarry unremarried will you marry me

Translations

Arabic: زَوَّجَ Arabic: كلل Armenian: ամուսնացնել Aromanian: ncurun Bulgarian: бракосъчетавам Catalan: casar Ngazidja Comorian: hwumɓiza Dutch: trouwen Dutch: huwen Dutch: in de echt verbinden Finnish: vihkiä French: marier Galician: casar Georgian: ქორწინდება Georgian: დაქორწინდება German: verheiraten Greek: παντρεύω Haitian Creole: fè maryaj Hebrew: חיתן Hebrew: הִשִֹּיא Icelandic: gifta Icelandic: gefa saman Icelandic: vígja Ido: mariajar Central Kurdish: داخوازی Latin: marito Luxembourgish: bestueden Māori: mārena Norman: mathier Old English: ġiftian Portuguese: casar Romanian: cununa Spanish: casar Swedish: förena i äktenskap Swedish: gifta Swedish: viga Telugu: పెళ్ళి చేయు Turkish: nikâhlanmak Turkish: evlenmek Ukrainian: одру́жувати Ukrainian: одружи́ти

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