bride

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See also: Bride, bridé, bríde, and Bríde

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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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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Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) to make a bride of

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French bride (bridle).

Noun

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bride (plural brides)

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

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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bride f (plural brides)

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: brida

Verb

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bride

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

Further reading

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Italian

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Noun

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bride f

  1. plural of brida

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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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Descendants

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Portuguese

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Verb

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bride

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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bride

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