intermarry

🇺🇸 /ˌɪntərˈmæri/ 🇬🇧 /ˌɪntəˈmæri/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
intransitive verb
R

to marry someone from a different background

In some cultures, it's common for people to intermarry, like when a Christian and a Muslim get married.

R

to marry someone within your own family or group

In some families, cousins intermarry, which is when they get married to each other.

translation

vi. to marry someone from a different background; to marry someone within your own family or group

Word Forms

3rd Present intermarries
Past intermarried
Perfect intermarried
Progressive intermarrying