Marriage and wedding vocabulary

An offer of marriage 

• Marriage proposal 

• Engagement 

• Fiancée / Fiancé 

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Propose / pop the question 

• Engagement 

• Fiancée / Fiancé 

• To ask someone to marry you 

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Engagement 

• Prenuptial 

• An agreement to marry someone 

• An offer of marriage 

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Prenuptial agreement 

• An agreement to marry someone 

• Before getting married 

• Official document signed by two people before they get married that says what will happen to their possessions if they get divorce. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Bachelorette party 

• A party for woman who is going to get married which only her female friends are invited 

• A party for a man who is going to get married, to which only his male friends are invited. 

• A short speech in honor of someone or in a celebration of something, then everyone drinks a little bit form their drinks. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Bachelor party 

• A party for a man who is going to get married, to which only his male friends are invited. 

• A party for woman who is going to get married which only her female friends are invited 

• A short speech in honor of someone or in a celebration of something, then everyone drinks a little bit form their drinks. 

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Toast 

• A party for woman who is going to get married which only her female friends are invited 

• A short speech in honor of someone or in a celebration of something, then everyone drinks a little bit form their drinks. 

• A party for a man who is going to get married, to which only his male friends are invited. 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

To get cold feet 

• To not get married because the person was going to marry has decided against it at the last moment. 

• A short speech in honor of someone or in a celebration of something, then everyone drinks a little bit form their drinks.

• To get nervous and change your mind 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Leave at the altar 

• It is vacation or a trip taken by two people who have just been married

• To not get married because the person was going to marry has decided against it at the last moment. 

• To get nervous and change your mind 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Honeymoon  

• It is vacation or a trip taken by two people who have just been married 

   

• A short speech in honor of someone or in a celebration of something, then everyone drinks a little bit form their drinks. 

• A party for woman who is going to get married which only her female friends are invited 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E