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honeymoon

honeymoon

273 1.0
A holiday a newly married couple go on right after their wedding to celebrate their marriage
  • noun
  • /ˈhʌnimuːn/
translation icon : luna de miel
  • She told me that after getting married, she had a honeymoon in Bali.

In fact, I have a suspicion that most honeymoons are not fun.

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Examples

  • After their wedding, they traveled to Hawaii for their honeymoon.

  • We had our honeymoon here so I can tell you the beds are very comfortable.

  • I was gonna say our honeymoon was great.

  • I just got back and my wife is still with her sister, but she is upset that I went on our honeymoon by myself.

  • And Daniel and Kelly, we understand you never had a honeymoon when you married nine years ago.

  • A few months later we were on our honeymoon.

  • We gotta pack for the honeymoon.

  • "And when we got back from the honeymoon, there was quite a big pile on the porch."

    Academic text (2001)
  • We booked our honeymoon the next morning in Saint Barts.

  • I just wanted to talk to you about Bali, and me and my fiance are going there for our honeymoon and the end of July.

Synonyms

to holiday
vshoneymoon
  • UK
2 2.5

Spend time away from work or home for rest and travel

a short celebratory trip for newly married people immediately after their wedding

Antonyms

963 2.9

An official ending of a marriage by a court

89 2.6

The process of moving apart or staying apart

Compounds

A place where newly married couples stay for a romantic holiday

How Romantic

honeymoon
273 1.0

Surface Forms

honeymoon singular
honeymoons plural

Morphology

honeymoon = honey + moon (semi-transparent) = honey + moon

Formally a clear compound of 'honey' + 'moon', but the culturally specific meaning 'post‑wedding holiday' is idiomatic and not a literal sum of the parts.

Etymology

Honeymoon comes from the words honey 'sweet' and moon 'month', creating the image of a first 'sweet month' after a marriage. That's why a honeymoon is the special holiday a newly married couple takes to celebrate.