marry
/ˈmæɹi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry."
- "I forfeited my inheritance and married outside my parents' faith."
- "Evelyn, in his "Diary," under date 1641, says that at Haerlem "they showed us a cottage where, they told us, dwelt a woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and, being now a widow, was prohibited to marry in future; […] ""
- "But Esau, being now forty years of age, took a false step by marrying not only without his parents consent; but with two wives, daughters of the Hittites."
- "If and when Suzy does marry, it will be an open marriage because she's a believer in the "totality" of freedom."
- "the rich relationed hometown queen marries into what she needs"
Etymology
From Middle English marien, from Anglo-Norman marïer, from Latin marītāre (“to wed”), from marītus (“husband, suitor”), from mās (“man, male”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”), same source as Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “suitor, young man”). Compare its feminine derivatives: Welsh morwyn (“girl”), merch (“daughter”), Crimean Gothic marzus (“wedding”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “boy; girl”), Lithuanian marti̇̀ (“bride”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱriia, “yeoman”).) Displaced native Old English hīwian.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmæɹi/
- British English: /ˈmæɹi/