different between nuptials vs connubial

English

Etymology

From nuptial, borrowed from Latin n?pti?lis (“pertaining to marriage”), from n?ptiae (“wedding”) (also plural only), from n?pta, from n?b? (“to marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho-, *snewb?- (“to marry, wed”).

The word is cognate with French noces and Italian nozze.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?p?(?)ls/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?p(t)??ls/, /?n?p-/
• Hyphenation: nup?tials

Noun

nuptials pl (plural only)

1. A wedding ceremony. [from mid 16th c.]

Synonyms

• wedding

Related terms

• nubile
• nuptial
• nuptial act
• nuptiality

Translations

References

Further reading

• wedding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• painslut, patulins, tailspun, unplaits

English

Etymology

1650s, from Latin conn?bi?lis, from conn?bium (“marriage, wedlock”) (variants of c?n?bi?lis (“pertaining to wedlock”), from c?n?bium (“marriage, wedlock”)) from com- (“together”) (English com-) + n?b? (“marry, to take as husband”) (from which nubile) from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- (“to marry, to wed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k??nju?.bi.?l/

Adjective

connubial (comparative more connubial, superlative most connubial)

1. Of or relating to the state of being married.

Usage notes

Particularly used in fixed phrases, such as “connubial bliss”, “connubial love”, “connubial relations”, and “connubial bed”.

Synonyms

• conjugal

Related terms

• nubile
• nuptial, nuptials

References

Spanish

Adjective

connubial (plural connubiales)

1. connubial