different between nuptials vs nubile

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

From French nubile, from Latin n?bilis (“marriageable”), from n?b? (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewb?- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (númph?, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nuba?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?ba?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

nubile (comparative more nubile, superlative most nubile)

1. Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: eligible, marriageable, wifeable
2. Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).

   Synonyms: foxy; see also Thesaurus:sexy

Usage notes

For a man, especially a young man, eligible is sometimes used as the corresponding term in the sense ‘marriageable’, particularly in the phrase eligible bachelor.

Derived terms

• nubility

Related terms

• connubial
• nuptial, nuptials

Translations

Noun

nubile (plural nubiles)

1. A young sexually attractive woman.

Anagrams

• beluin, unible

French

Etymology

From Latin n?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.bil/

Adjective

nubile (plural nubiles)

1. nubile

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin n?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nu.bi.le/

Adjective

nubile (plural nubili)

1. unmarried

Noun

nubile f (plural nubili)

1. unmarried woman
2. spinster

Related terms

• nubilato

See also

• celibe

Latin

Adjective

n?bile

1. vocative masculine singular of n?bilus