Meaning
wedding
In a sentence
Le nozze sono sabato, vieni anche tu?
The wedding is on Saturday, are you coming too?
Non posso andare alle nozze di Marco.
I can't go to Marco's wedding.
Abbiamo festeggiato le nozze in un piccolo ristorante.
We celebrated the wedding in a small restaurant.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| nozze | feminine · singular |
| nozze | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Usually plural: le nozze. Singular nozza is not used in modern standard Italian.
- More formal/literary than matrimonio; in everyday speech, matrimonio is often more common.
- Use sposarsi for the act of getting married; nozze refers to the ceremony/event, often in fixed expressions.