newlywed

English

Alternative forms

• newly wed, newly-wed

Etymology

From newly + wed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːliˌwɛd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

newlywed (plural newlyweds)

1. A recently married person.
   • 2012 February 16, Ashley Hayes, “Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 March 2017:

     The state where most intermarriages took place was Hawaii, where more than four in 10 newlyweds (42.4%) were intermarried.

Translations

a recently married person — see also newlyweds

• Armenian: նորահարս (hy) (norahars) (woman), նորափեսա (hy) (norapʻesa) (man)
• Basque: ezkonberri
• Catalan: noucasat (ca) m, noucasada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新人 (zh) (xīnrén)

• Dutch: pas getrouwd stel
• Esperanto: novedzo
• Finnish: vastanainut
• German: Neuvermählter (de) m, Neuvermählte (de) f
• Greek: νιόπαντρος (el) m (niópantros), νεόνυμφος (el) m (neónymfos)
• Hindi: नवविवाहित (navvivāhit)
• Hungarian: friss házas
• Italian: neosposo m, neosposa f
• Japanese: 新婚夫婦 (しんこんふうふ, shinkon fūfu)
• Korean: 신혼부부 (ko) (sinhonbubu)
• Macedonian: младоженци pl (mladoženci) (usually plural only), нововенчани pl (novovenčani), невеста f (nevesta)
• Polish: nowożeniec (pl) m
• Portuguese: recém-casado (pt) m, recém-casada f
• Russian: молодожёны (ru) pl (molodožóny) (usually plural only, sg: молодожён m (molodožón).), новобра́чные (ru) pl (novobráčnyje)
• Spanish: recién casado m, recientemente casado m, recién casada f, recientemente casada f, desposado (es) m, esposado (es) m (rare)
• Tagalog: kabaiyoan
• Turkish: yeni evli, yeni gelin (female), yeni damat (male)

  Ottoman Turkish: كویكی (güveği, güveyi)

Adjective

newlywed (not comparable)

1. Recently married.
   • 2012 February 16, Ashley Hayes, “Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 2 March 2017:

     White/Asian newlywed couples had significantly higher median combined annual earnings, at $70,592, than any other pairing.

Synonyms

• newlywedded

Translations

recently married

• Catalan: noucasat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新婚 (zh) (xīnhūn)

• Dutch: pasgetrouwd (nl)
• Finnish: vastanainut
• German: neuvermählt
• Greek: νιόπαντρος (el) (niópantros), νεόνυμφος (el) (neónymfos), νεοπαντρεμένος (el) (neopantreménos)

  Ancient Greek: νεόγαμος (neógamos)

• Hindi: नवविवाहित (navvivāhit)
• Irish: nuaphósta
• Japanese: 新婚 (ja) (しんこん, shinkon)
• Korean: 신혼 (ko) (sinhon)
• Macedonian: нововенчан (novovenčan)
• Norwegian: nygift
• Polish: nowo poślubiony
• Russian: новобра́чный (ru) (novobráčnyj)
• Spanish: desposado (es), esposado (es) (rare), recién / recientemente casado
• Swedish: nygift (sv)

Coordinate terms

• soon-to-wed