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bride.

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɹaɪd/Received-Pronunciation/bɹɛɪd/Northumbria/bɾʌɪd/Scotland/bɹɑjd/British, Southern, Standard

  1. A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

  2. An object ardently loved.

    figuratively · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognates Cognate with Yola breede (“bride”), Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), Alemannic German Bruut (“bride”), Central Franconian Brock, Brutt, Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German and Luxembourgish Braut (“bride”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish brud (“bride”), Faroese and Icelandic brúður (“bride”), Norwegian Nynorsk brud, brur (“bride”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs, “bride”), French bru (“daughter-in-law”), Friulian brût (“daughter-in-law”) (from Old High German brut (“bride”)).

verb/bɹaɪd/Received-Pronunciation/bɹɛɪd/Northumbria/bɾʌɪd/Scotland/bɹɑjd/British, Southern, Standard

  1. to make a bride of

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognates Cognate with Yola breede (“bride”), Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), Alemannic German Bruut (“bride”), Central Franconian Brock, Brutt, Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German and Luxembourgish Braut (“bride”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish brud (“bride”), Faroese and Icelandic brúður (“bride”), Norwegian Nynorsk brud, brur (“bride”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs, “bride”), French bru (“daughter-in-law”), Friulian brût (“daughter-in-law”) (from Old High German brut (“bride”)).

noun/bɹaɪd/Received-Pronunciation/bɹɛɪd/Northumbria/bɾʌɪd/Scotland/bɹɑjd/British, Southern, Standard

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

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).

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