🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

혼인

Pronunciation / Transliteration: honin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wedlock/ˈwɛd.lɒk/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그들은 혼인의 결실을 맺었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being married; matrimony.

    "They lived together for years before finally entering into wedlock."
  2. 2

    Specifically used in legal or historical contexts regarding the legitimacy of offspring born within marriage.

    "Children born out of wedlock faced significant social stigma in past centuries."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'weddlag', combining 'wedd' (pledge, agreement) and '-lac' (an action, practice, or gift, later confused with the suffix '-lock'). It originally referred to the formal contract or pledge of marriage, evolving over centuries to denote the state of being married.

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