different between bridal vs matrimonial

English

Etymology

From Middle English bridale, from Old English br?dealo (“wedding ale; wedding feast”); synchronically analyzable as bride +? ale. The attributive usage was strengthened by association with bride +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bra?.dl?/
• (US) enPR: br?d-(?)l, IPA^(key): /?b?a?d(?)l/
• Homophone: bridle
• Rhymes: -a?d(?)l

Noun

bridal (plural bridals)

1. (archaic) A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.10:

     […] the crowne, which Ariadne wore / Upon her yvory forehead, that same day / That Theseus her unto his bridal bore […]

Translations

Adjective

bridal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial.

Derived terms

• bridal couple
• bridal day

Translations

Anagrams

• labrid, ribald

Middle English

Noun

bridal

1. Alternative form of bridale

English

Etymology

From Middle French matrimonial, also matrimony +? -al

Adjective

matrimonial (comparative more matrimonial, superlative most matrimonial)

1. Of, or having to do with matrimony and marriage.

   Synonym: marital

Translations

Noun

matrimonial (plural matrimonials)

1. (chiefly India) A classified advertisement describing an individual who wishes to find a marriage partner.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin m?trim?ni?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /m?.t?i.mo.ni?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /m?.t?i.mu.ni?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma.t?i.mo.ni?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

matrimonial (masculine and feminine plural matrimonials)

1. matrimonial

Related terms

• matrimoni

Further reading

• “matrimonial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “matrimonial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “matrimonial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “matrimonial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

matrimonial (feminine singular matrimoniale, masculine plural matrimoniaux, feminine plural matrimoniales)

1. matrimonial

Derived terms

• assortiment matrimonial
• distance matrimoniale

Further reading

• “matrimonial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French matrimonial

Adjective

matrimonial m or n (feminine singular matrimonial?, masculine plural matrimoniali, feminine and neuter plural matrimoniale)

1. matrimonial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin m?trim?ni?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat?imo?njal/, [ma.t??i.mo?njal]

Adjective

matrimonial (plural matrimoniales)

1. matrimonial
2. (relational) marriage

Derived terms

• agencia matrimonial
• cama matrimonial
• lecho matrimonial (“marriage bed”)
• voto matrimonial

Related terms

• matrimonio

Further reading

• “matrimonial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.