bride

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹaɪd/ Rhymes: -aɪd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). ==== Noun ==== bride (plural brides) A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. Coordinate terms: bridegroom, groom (obsolete, figurative) An object ardently loved. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bride (third-person singular simple present brides, present participle briding, simple past and past participle brided) (obsolete) to make a bride of === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”). ==== Noun ==== bride (plural brides) an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework === Anagrams === bider, birde, rebid == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bride, from Old French bride (“rein, bridle”), from Middle High German brīdel (“rein, bridle”), from Old High German brīdil (“rein, bridle”) (compare also Old High German brittil (“rein, strap”), French bretelle), from Proto-West Germanic *brigdil (“bridle”). Compare Spanish brida, Italian briglia. More at bridle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁid/ Rhymes: -id === Noun === bride f (plural brides) (equestrianism) bridle strap loop (of a button); bride (of lace) (medicine) adhesion flange ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: brida === Verb === bride inflection of brider: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “bride”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Noun === bride f plural of brida == Middle English == === Alternative forms === brid, bryd, bryde brud, brude (Southern, West Midlands) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English brȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride, daughter-in-law”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbriːd(ə)/, (West Midlands, Southern) /ˈbryːd(ə)/ === Noun === bride (plural brides or bruden) a bride; a woman recently married or to be married (theology) Christendom as God's partner (rare) any young woman in a relationship (rare) a groom; a man recently married or to be married ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: bride Scots: bride Yola: breede ==== References ==== “brīd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 October 2018. == Portuguese == === Verb === bride inflection of bridar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾide/ [ˈbɾi.ð̞e] Rhymes: -ide Syllabification: bri‧de === Verb === bride inflection of bridar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative