wedding day

See also: wedding-day

English

Alternative forms

• wedding-day (archaic)

Noun

wedding day (plural wedding days)

1. The day or date when a couple weds each other, initiating marriage.
2. (dated) A wedding anniversary.
   • 1816, George HARROWER, The Refuter Refuted: Or, a Reply to Mr. Giblett's Pamphlet; Entitled, A Refutation of the Calumnies of G. Harrower, Etc, page 40:

     ... both Mr. and Mrs. Giblett returned it , and came to a party which we had at our house , according to annual custom , for the purpose of celebrating our Wedding day […]

   • 1897, Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna Tolstai︠a︡, The Countess Tolstoy's Later Diary, 1891-1897, London : V. Gollancz:

     ... celebrating our wedding-day on the 23rd, I spent it very pleasantly. It was the thirty-fifth anniversary, and, although my life is hard at times, I thank God for it for we have stayed blameless towards each other […]

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: trouwdag (nl) m, huwelijksdag (nl), bruiloftsdag (nl) m
• Estonian: pulmapäev
• Finnish: hääpäivä (fi)
• French: jour de mariage m, jour de noces m
• German: Hochzeitstag (de)
• Hindi: शादी का दिन m (śādī kā din), विवाह का दिन m (vivāh kā din)
• Ingrian: pulmapäivä
• Norwegian: bryllupsdag (no) m
• Polish: dzień ślubu m