bride
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹaɪd/
Audio (US, California) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪd
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), West Frisian breid (“bride”), German Low German Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German Braut (“bride”), Danish brud (“bride”), Swedish brud (“bride”).
Noun edit
bride (plural brides)
- A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
- Coordinate terms: bridegroom, groom
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 21:9:
- I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
- 1746, George Lyttelton, An Irregular Ode:
- Has by his own experience tried
How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
- (obsolete, figurative) An object ardently loved.
Derived terms edit
- always a bridesmaid, never a bride
- blushing bride
- bridal
- bride-ale
- bridecake
- bride-gift
- bride gift
- bridegroom
- bridely
- Bride of the Red Sea
- Bride of the Sea
- bride price
- bride-price
- bridesmaid
- bridesmaiden
- bridesman
- bridesmatron
- bride-to-be
- bride token
- bride-wealth
- bride wealth
- bride wear
- bridezilla
- child bride
- child-bride
- December bride
- mail-order bride
- mourning bride
- off like a bride's nightie
- picture bride
- runaway bride
- war bride
- would-be bride
Translations edit
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Verb edit
bride (third-person singular simple present brides, present participle briding, simple past and past participle brided)
- (obsolete) to make a bride of
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).
Noun edit
bride (plural brides)
- an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French bride, from Old French bride (“rein, bridle”), from Middle High German brīdel (“rein, bridle”), from Old High German brīdil (“rein, bridle”) (compare also Old High German brittil (“rein, strap”), French bretelle), from Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz (“bridle”). Compare Spanish brida, Italian briglia. More at bridle.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bride f (plural brides)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: brida
Verb edit
bride
- inflection of brider:
Further reading edit
- “bride”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Noun edit
bride f
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English brȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride, daughter-in-law”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bride (plural brides or bruden)
- a bride; a woman recently married or to be married
- (theology) Christendom as God's partner
- (rare) any young woman in a relationship
- (rare) a groom; a man recently married or to be married
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “brīd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
bride
- inflection of bridar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bride
- inflection of bridar: