wedding ring

See also: wedding-ring

English

two wedding ring

Alternative forms

• wedding-ring

Etymology

From Middle English wedding ring, wedding ryng, weddynge rynge, weddyng ryng.

Pronunciation

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Noun

wedding ring (plural wedding rings)

1. (jewelry) One of a pair or rings exchanged by spouses in a wedding ceremony, and afterwards worn by them, symbolizing continuous fidelity.
   • 1837 February, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Treats of the Place Where Oliver Twist Was Born, and of the Circumstances Attending His Birth”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 6:

     The surgeon leant over the body, and raised the left hand. "The old story," he said, shaking his head: "no wedding-ring, I see. Ah! good night!"

   • 1947, Willard Robison (lyrics and music), “Don't Smoke in Bed”, performed by Peggy Lee:

     Goodbye, old sleepyhead / I'm packing you in like I said / Take care of everything / I'm leaving my wedding ring

   • 2007, Alex Turner (lyrics and music), “The Bad Thing”, performed by Arctic Monkeys:

     Do the bad thing / Take off your wedding ring / But it won't make it that much easier / It might make it worse

Synonyms

• wedding band

Derived terms

• wedding ring effect

 

Translations

a ring symbolizing marriage

• Arabic: خَاتَم زَوَاج m (ḵātam zawāj)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 結婚戒指 / 结婚戒指 (git³ fan¹ gaai³ zi²), 婚戒 (fan¹ gaai³)

  Hokkien: 結婚手指 / 结婚手指 (kiat-hun chhiú-chí)

  Mandarin: 結婚戒指 / 结婚戒指 (jiéhūn jièzhi), 結婚指環 / 结婚指环 (jiéhūn zhǐhuán), 婚戒 (hūnjiè)

• Crimean Tatar: nişan yüzügi
• Czech: snubní prsten m
• Danish: vielsesring (da) c
• Dutch: trouwring (nl) m
• Esperanto: geedzoringo
• Finnish: vihkisormus (fi)
• French: alliance (fr) f
• Georgian: ნიშნობის ბეჭედი (nišnobis beč̣edi)
• German: Ehering (de) m, Trauring (de) m
• Greek: βέρα (el) f (véra)
• Hungarian: jegygyűrű (hu), karikagyűrű (hu)
• Italian: fede (it) f, vera (it) f
• Japanese: 結婚指輪 (ja) (kekkon yubiwa)
• Korean: 결혼 반지 (gyeolhon banji)
• Macedonian: бу́рма f (búrma), ве́нчален пр́стен m (vénčalen pŕsten)
• Maltese: ċurkett ta’ tieġ
• Maori: rīngi mārena, rīngi mārenatanga
• Norman: bague dé neuches f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: giftering m

  Nynorsk: giftering m

• Persian: حلقه ازدواج (halqe-ye ezdevâj)
• Polish: obrączka (pl) f, obrączka ślubna (pl) f
• Portuguese: aliança (pt) f
• Romanian: verighetă (ro) f, inel de logodnă (ro) n
• Russian: обруча́льное кольцо́ (ru) n (obručálʹnoje kolʹcó)
• Scottish Gaelic: fàinne-pòsaidh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бурма f

  Roman: burma (sh) f

• Slovak: snubný prsteň m
• Spanish: alianza (es) f, anillo de boda m, anillo de casado m
• Swedish: vigselring (sv) c
• Telugu: ఉంకుటుంగరము (te) (uṅkuṭuṅgaramu)
• Turkish: alyans (tr)
• Ukrainian: обру́чка f (obrúčka)
• Vietnamese: nhẫn cưới (vi)

See also

• engagement ring
• commitment ring