bride

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   a woman who has recently been married

3. 3
   noun

   a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony

4. 4
   noun

   An object ardently loved.

5. 5
   verb

   to make a bride of

6. 6
   noun

   an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework

7. 7
   name

   A surname.

8. 8
   name

   A parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.

Etymology

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…