sponsale

From the root of Latin spōnsus + -ale.

sponsale m or f by sense (plural sponsali)

1. nuptial

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [spõːˈsaː.ɫɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sponˈsaː.le]

spōnsāle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of spōnsālis

spōnsāle n (genitive spōnsālis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

1. marriage ceremony
2. the state of being married

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “sponsalis”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC