bride

A2 Topic:Time
US /ˈbraɪd/ UK /bɹaɪd/
noun verb name Freq #2282

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A woman on her wedding day, or one who is about to marry.

    The bride wore a beautiful white dress.

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Word family
Forms brides
Derived forms bridalbride-alebride-giftbride-pricebride-to-bebride-wealthbrideangroombridebedbridecakebridechamberbridegroombridehood

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…

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