bride
nounEtymology
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, Luxembourgish Braut (“bride”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish brud (“bride”), Faroese, 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”)).
Definitions
A woman in the context of her own wedding
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
- I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
- Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
- 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.
An object ardently loved.
to make a bride of
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an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework
A surname.
A parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.
The neighborhood
Derived
always a bridesmaid, never a bride, blushing bride, bridal, bride-ale, brideangroom, bridebed, bridecake, bridechamber, bride gift, bride-gift, bridegroom, bridehood, brideless, bridelet, bridelike, bridely, bridemaid, bridenapping, Bride of the Red Sea, Bride of the Sea, bride-price, bride price, bridesmaid, bridesmaiden, bridesman, bridesmatron, brideswear, bride-to-be, bride token, bridewain, bride wealth, bridewealth, bride-wealth, bridewear, bride wear, bridewort, bridey, bridezilla, bridie, child bride · +13 more
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bride. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA