honeymoon

CEFRB1

/ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    A holiday taken by a couple soon after getting married.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician or in respect of a new business arrangement).

Examples

  • More and more couples go on honeymoon trips abroad.

  • The new couple have gone off to Hawaii on their honeymoon.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.

  2. The period of time immediately following a marriage.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding).

More examples

In context

  • They chose a quiet tropical island for their honeymoon.

  • Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand.

  • The honeymoon period came to a swift end when the legislation was introduced.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From earlier hony moone, originally denoting the period of time following a wedding, equivalent to honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became "the first month, or moon after marriage", which tends to be the sweetest. Compare Middle Low German suckermânt (“honeymoon”, literally “sugar-month”), German Low German Hönnigweken (“honeymoon”, literally “honey-weeks”). The German Honigmond (literally “honey-moon”) is a calque of French lune de miel, itself a calque of the English term.