bride
English
/bɹaɪd/
noun
Definitions
- A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
- (obsolete) An object ardently loved.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bride inherited from Old English brȳd (bride) inherited from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (bride, daughter-in-law).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brūdiz
Gloss
bride, daughter-in-law
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bed English
- bride-to-be English
- bridebed English
- bridecake English
- bridechamber English
- bridegift English
- bridehood English
- brideless English
- bridelike English
- bridelock English
- bridely English
- bridemaid English
- bridesmaid English
- bridesmaiden English
- bridesmaiding English
- bridewain English
- bridewealth English
- bridewear English
- bridewort English
- bridey English
- bridezilla English
- bridie English
- cake English
- chamber English
- cyberbride English
- gift English
- maid English
- maiden English
- wain English
- wealth English
- wort English
- Braut German
- Brautente German
- Brautgeld German
- Brautkleid German
- Brautlauf German
- Brautschatz German
- Brautwerbung German
- Windsbraut German
- bruid Dutch, Flemish
- bruidsbed Dutch, Flemish
- bruidsgoed Dutch, Flemish
- bruidsjurk Dutch, Flemish
- bruidskoe Dutch, Flemish
- bruidsschat Dutch, Flemish
- bruidssluier Dutch, Flemish
- importbruid Dutch, Flemish
- bru French
- brud Norwegian Bokmål
- brudd Norwegian Bokmål
- *brūdiz Proto-Germanic
- brud Swedish
- brud Norwegian Nynorsk
- brur Norwegian Nynorsk
- bryd Old English
- brydguma Old English
- brȳd Old English
- *bridely Middle English
- bridale Middle English
- bride Middle English
- bridegome Middle English
- brudlak Middle English
- bryd Middle English
- brot Old Norse
- brúðgumi Old Norse
- brúðr Old Norse
- brud Danish
- brudepige Danish
- forfatningsbrud Danish
- gennembrud Danish
- indbrud Danish
- sammenbrud Danish
- bru Old French
- brúður Icelandic
- bruut Middle Dutch
- brut Old High German
- brūt Old High German
- bruid Afrikaans
- brúður Faroese
- brūt Middle High German
- Braut Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Brautrank Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *brūd Old Dutch
- brūt Middle Low German
- brud Old Saxon
- Bruut Alemannic German
- bruþ Old Swedish
- bruþ, brūþ Old Swedish
- brur Westrobothnian
- brùit Papiamentu
- braed Bislama