bride
Middle English
/ˈbriːd/
noun
Definitions
- 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
Etymology
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
- bridal English
- bride 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
- bridewain English
- bridewealth English
- bridewear English
- bridewort English
- bridey English
- bridezilla English
- bridie English
- cyberbride English
- *brūdiz Proto-Germanic
- bryd Old English
- brydguma Old English
- brȳd Old English
- brȳdealo Old English
- brȳdguma Old English
- ale Middle English
- bridale Middle English
- bridegome Middle English
- bryd Middle English
- gome Middle English
- brúðr Old Norse
- brut Old High German
- brūt Old High German
- 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *brūd Old Dutch
- brūt Middle Low German
- brud Old Saxon
- braed Bislama