sposalizio

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin spōnsālicius.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spo.zaˈlit.t͡sjo/
  • Rhymes: -ittsjo
  • Hyphenation: spo‧sa‧lì‧zio

Noun

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sposalizio m (plural sposalizi)

  1. a wedding ceremony
    Synonyms: nozze, matrimonio

Proper noun

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sposalizio ?

  1. (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

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  • sposalizio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana