marry

se marier, épouser

Devenir l’époux ou l’épouse de quelqu’un par une cérémonie civile ou religieuse.

En anglais simple : To become someone’s husband or wife through a legal or religious ceremony.

• Will you marry me?
• She married her childhood friend.
• They hope to marry next summer.

Comment l'utiliser : marry someone (He wants to marry his partner.)

Synonymes : wed

Contraires : divorce

Expressions courantes : marry someone, marry young, marry for love, marry again

allier, unir

Réunir deux choses pour qu’elles fonctionnent bien ensemble et forment un tout.

En anglais simple : To bring two things together so they work well as one.

• The design marries beauty with comfort.
• We married the two ideas in our final plan.
• This dish marries sweet fruit and sharp cheese.

Comment l'utiliser : marry something with something (The building marries traditional materials with modern technology.)

Synonymes : combine, unite, blend

Contraires : separate

Expressions courantes : marry something with something, marry the two, marry together

marier

Organiser le mariage d’une personne avec une autre.

En anglais simple : To arrange for someone to become another person’s husband or wife.

• The king married his daughter to a prince.
• They hoped to marry their son into a wealthy family.
• Her parents tried to marry her off at sixteen.

Comment l'utiliser : marry someone to someone (The ruler married his daughter to a neighboring king.); marry someone off (Her family wanted to marry her off quickly.)

Synonymes : marry off

Expressions courantes : marry someone to someone, marry someone off