sposalizio

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin spōnsālicius.

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

Noun

sposalizio m (plural sposalizi)

  1. a wedding ceremony

Proper noun

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