# nupcial
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [nup.siˈal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: nup‧ci‧al

### Adjective

nupcial m or f (masculine and feminine plural nupcials)
* nuptial

#### Related terms

* noces

### Further reading

* “nupcial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “nupcial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “nupcial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “nupcial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nupˈθjal/ [nupˈθjɑɫ]
* IPA: (standard) /nupˈθjal/ [nupˈθjɑɫ]
* IPA: (seseo) /nupˈsjal/ [nupˈsjɑɫ]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: nup‧cial

### Adjective

nupcial m or f (plural nupciais)
* nuptial

### Further reading

* “nupcial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

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### Adjective

nupcial m (feminine singular nupciala, masculine plural nupcials, feminine plural nupcialas)
* nuptial

#### Related terms

* nupcialament

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 473.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nuptiālis (“nuptial”), from nubō (“to marry”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰo- (“to marry, to wed”). By surface analysis, núpcias +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /nu.pi.siˈaw/ [nu.pi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nu.piˈsjaw/ [nu.piˈsjaʊ̯], /nup.siˈaw/ [nup.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nupˈsjaw/ [nupˈsjaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /nu.pi.siˈaw/ [nu.pi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nu.piˈsjaw/ [nu.piˈsjaʊ̯], /nup.siˈaw/ [nup.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nupˈsjaw/ [nupˈsjaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /nup.siˈaw/ [nup.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nupˈsjaw/ [nupˈsjaʊ̯], /nu.pi.siˈaw/ [nu.pi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /nu.piˈsjaw/ [nu.piˈsjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /nuˈpsjal/ [nuˈpsjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /nuˈpsjal/ [nuˈpsjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /nuˈpsja.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: nup‧ci‧al

### Adjective

nupcial m or f (plural nupciais, not comparable)
* nuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage)
    Synonyms: casamenteiro, conjugal, matrimonial

#### Related terms

* antenupcial
* núpcias

### Further reading

* “nupcial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /nubˈθjal/ [nuβ̞ˈθjal]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /nubˈsjal/ [nuβ̞ˈsjal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: nup‧cial

### Adjective

nupcial m or f (masculine and feminine plural nupciales)
* nuptial (pertaining to wedding and marriage)
    Synonym: matrimonial

#### Derived terms

* antenupcial
* nupcialidad
* prenupcial

#### Related terms

* nupcias

### Further reading

* “nupcial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10