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bride

1
[ brahyd ]
/ braɪd /
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noun

a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.

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RELATED WORDS

mate, spouse, wife, newlywed, helpmate

Nearby words

  1. brics,
  2. bridal,
  3. bridal wreath,
  4. bridally,
  5. bridalveil,
  6. bride price,
  7. bride, saint,
  8. bridegroom,
  9. bridesmaid,
  10. bridewell

Origin of bride

1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English brȳd; cognate with Dutch bruid, German Braut, Old Norse brūthr, Gothic brūths
Related formsbride·less, adjectivebride·like, adjective

Definition for bride (2 of 3)

bride

2
[ brahyd; French breed ]
/ braɪd; French brid /

noun

Also called bar, leg, tie. a connection consisting of a thread or a number of threads for joining various solid parts of a design in needlepoint lace.
an ornamental bonnet string.

Origin of bride

2
1865–70; < French: bonnet-string, bridle, Old French < Germanic; see bridle

Definition for bride (3 of 3)

Bride

[ brahyd ]
/ braɪd /

noun

Saint. Brigid, Saint.
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British Dictionary definitions for bride (1 of 3)

bride

1
/ (braɪd) /

noun

a woman who has just been or is about to be married

Word Origin for bride

Old English brӯd; related to Old Norse brūthr, Gothic brūths daughter-in-law, Old High German brūt

British Dictionary definitions for bride (2 of 3)

bride

2
/ (braɪd) /

noun

lacemaking needlework a thread or loop that joins parts of a patternAlso called: bar

Word Origin for bride

C19: from French, literally: bridle, probably of Germanic origin

British Dictionary definitions for bride (3 of 3)

Bride

/ (braɪd) /

noun

Saint Bride See Bridget (def. 1)
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Word Origin and History for bride

bride

n.

Old English bryd "bride, betrothed or newly married woman," from Proto-Germanic *bruthiz "woman being married" (cf. Old Frisian breid, Dutch bruid, Old High German brut, German Braut "bride"). Gothic cognate bruþs, however, meant "daughter-in-law," and the form of the word borrowed from Old High German into Medieval Latin (bruta) and Old French (bruy) had only this sense. In ancient Indo-European custom, the married woman went to live with her husband's family, so the only "newly wed female" in such a household would have been the daughter-in-law. On the same notion, some trace the word itself to the PIE verbal root *bru- "to cook, brew, make broth," as this likely was the daughter-in-law's job.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Idioms and Phrases with bride

bride

see give away (the bride).

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