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bride

See also: Bride, bridé, bríde, and Bríde

EnglishEdit

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Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), 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”).

NounEdit

bride (plural brides)

  1. A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
    Coordinate terms: bridegroom, groom
  2. (obsolete, figurative) An object ardently loved.
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VerbEdit

bride (third-person singular simple present brides, present participle briding, simple past and past participle brided)

  1. (obsolete) to make a bride of

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).

NounEdit

bride (plural brides)

  1. an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

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NounEdit

bride f (plural brides)

  1. (equestrianism) bridle
  2. strap
  3. loop (of a button); bride (of lace)
  4. (medicine) adhesion
  5. flange

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DescendantsEdit

  • → Portuguese: brida

VerbEdit

bride

  1. inflection of brider:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

bride f

  1. plural of brida

Middle EnglishEdit

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EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old English brȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride, daughter-in-law”).

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NounEdit

bride (plural brides or bruden)

  1. a bride; a woman recently married or to be married
  2. (theology) Christendom as God's partner
  3. (rare) any young woman in a relationship
  4. (rare) a groom; a man recently married or to be married

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾide/ [ˈbɾi.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Syllabification: bri‧de

VerbEdit

bride

  1. inflection of bridar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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