Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mariage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: mariage
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of marriage.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

name

A surname from French, equivalent to English Marriage

Example Sentences

"[P]olicie, and pittie, pictured thus, / I take man and wife, and temperance (as who ſaie) / Miniſter in this mariage, I diſcus."
"For Images, reliques, prohibition of meates and mariage, and differēce of apparel, although som alteracion begā than amōgst certain, yet al this while, truth was euer able to match wyth errour and superstition, and that with the most consent of voices, amongst the learned."
"As for the cuſtome that ſome parents and guardians have of forcing mariages, it will be better to ſay nothing of ſuch a ſavage inhumanity, […]"

Etymology

From French Mariage.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Mariage

Usage

Inflected Forms

mariages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Marriage

Questions

What does mariage mean?: Obsolete spelling of marriage.
Where does mariage come from?: It is traced to French.

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