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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin spōnsālicius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spo.zaˈlit.t͡sjo/
- Rhymes: -ittsjo
- Hyphenation: spo‧sa‧lì‧zio
Noun
sposalizio m (plural sposalizi)
- a wedding ceremony
- Synonyms: nozze, matrimonio
Proper noun
sposalizio ?
- (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