sposalizio
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Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin spōnsālicius.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sposalizio m (plural sposalizi)
- a wedding ceremony
- Synonyms: nozze, matrimonio
Proper noun[edit]
sposalizio ?
- (Venice) the ritual wedding of Venice with the sea in which a ring is dropped into the water by a doge from a bucintoro (properly "lo sposalizio del mare")
Further reading[edit]
- sposalizio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Categories:
- Italian terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ittsjo
- Rhymes:Italian/ittsjo/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
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- Venetian Italian
- it:Family
- it:Marriage