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bride¹

  • /bɹaɪd/ UK
  • /bɹɛɪd/ Northumbria, UK
  • /bɾʌɪd/ Scotland, UK
  • /bɹɑjd/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /bɾaɪd/ UK, Wales
  • /bɹaɪd/ US
  • /bɹɑed/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -aɪd

Where it comes from

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 and Luxembourgish Braut (“bride”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish brud (“bride”), Faroese and 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”)).

noun brides

  1. 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. figuratively, obsolete An object ardently loved.

verb brides · briding · brided

  1. obsolete to make a bride of

bride²

  • /bɹaɪd/ UK
  • /bɹɛɪd/ Northumbria, UK
  • /bɾʌɪd/ Scotland, UK
  • /bɹɑjd/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /bɾaɪd/ UK, Wales
  • /bɹaɪd/ US
  • /bɹɑed/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -aɪd

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).

noun brides

  1. an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework

Bride³

Where it comes from

* As an Irish and Scottish surname, shortened from McBride.

* As an English surname, metathesized from Bird.

proper noun Brides

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: brigid, bridget, saint bride, saint bridget, saint brigid, st. bride, st. bridget, st. brigid, groom, bride-to-be, wedding, fiancée, fiancee, fiancé, fiance, engaged

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noun woman in the context of her own wedding

Españolnovia
한국어신부 sinbu
日本語花嫁 hanayome, 新婦 shinpu, 嫁 yome
中文新娘 xīnniáng, 新婦 /新妇 xīnfù, 新娘子 xīnniángzi, 新媳婦兒 /新媳妇儿 xīnxífur
हिन्दीदुल्हन dulhan, नवोढा navoḍhā, नववधू navavdhū, वधू vadhū, अरूस arūs
Kiswahilibiarusi, biharusi
Portuguêsnoiva
Françaismariée
DeutschBraut
Italianofidanzata, sposa
Ελληνικάνύφη nýfi
Românănevastă, mireasă
Русскийневе́ста nevésta, новобра́чная novobráčnaja, молода́я molodája
Tiếng Việtcô dâu
العربيةعَرُوس ʕarūs
עבריתכַּלָּה kalá

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@misc{bride_2026,
  title = {bride},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bride},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}