betrothed

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/bɪˈtɹəʊðd//bɪˈtɹəʊθt/

adjective

Engaged to be married.

“publicly betrothed”

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bespokenengagedattachedcommitted
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of betroth

    1901, American Standard Version of the Bible, Luke 1:27http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&chapter=1&verse=26&end_verse=28&version=8&context=context A virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph.

adjectivebetrothed (comparative more betrothed, superlative most betrothed)

comparative more betrothed · superlative most betrothed

  1. Engaged to be married.

    publicly betrothed

    1 more example

    the betrothed couple

nounbetrothed (plural betrotheds)

plural betrotheds

  1. One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.

    She introduced him as her betrothed.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivepledged to be married

Similar
bespokenengagedattachedcommitted
Also see
attachedbespokencommittedengaged

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Middle English, equivalent to betroth + -ed.

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Translations

Arabic خطب, مَخْطُوب
  • خطبfiancé or fiancée
  • مَخْطُوب (maḵṭūb)fiancé or fiancée
  • مَخْطُوبَة (maḵṭūba)fiancé or fiancée
Catalan promès, promesa
  • promèsfiancé or fiancée
  • promesafiancé or fiancée
Chinese Mandarin 訂婚了 /订婚了
  • 訂婚了 /订婚了 (dìnghūn le)fiancé or fiancée
Czech zasnoubený
  • zasnoubenýfiancé or fiancée
Dutch verloofd
  • verloofdfiancé or fiancée
Esperanto fianĉo, fianĉino
  • fianĉofiancé or fiancée
  • fianĉinofiancé or fiancée
Finnish kihlattu
  • kihlattufiancé or fiancée
French fiancé, fiancée
  • fiancéfiancé or fiancée
  • fiancéefiancé or fiancée
German Verlobter, Verlobte
  • Verlobterfiancé or fiancée
  • Verlobtefiancé or fiancée
Irish geallta, dálta
  • gealltapast of betroth
  • dáltapast of betroth
  • luaitepast of betroth
Italian fidanzato, fidanzata
  • fidanzatofiancé or fiancée
  • fidanzatafiancé or fiancée
Japanese 婚約している
  • 婚約している (kon'yaku-shite iru)fiancé or fiancée
Norwegian Bokmål forlovet, trolovet
  • forlovetpast of betroth
  • trolovetpast of betroth
  • forlovedefiancé or fiancée
Polish zaręczony, narzeczony
  • zaręczonypast of betroth
  • narzeczonyfiancé or fiancée
  • narzeczonafiancé or fiancée
  • oblubieniecfiancé or fiancée
  • oblubienicafiancé or fiancée
Portuguese comprometido
  • comprometidofiancé or fiancée
Russian помо́лвленный, помо́лвленная
  • помо́лвленный (pomólvlennyj)fiancé or fiancée
  • помо́лвленная (pomólvlennaja)fiancé or fiancée
  • обручённый (obručónnyj)fiancé or fiancée
  • обручённая (obručónnaja)fiancé or fiancée
Spanish desposado, comprometida
  • desposadopast of betroth
  • comprometidafiancé or fiancée
  • comprometidofiancé or fiancée
Swedish trolovad, förlovad
  • trolovadpast of betroth
  • förlovadfiancé or fiancée
  • trolovadfiancé or fiancée
  • fästmanfiancé or fiancée
  • fästmöfiancé or fiancée

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with betrothed

clothedunclothed
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Cite this entry
APA

betrothed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betrothed

MLA

“betrothed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betrothed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “betrothed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betrothed.

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