bride

CEFRB1

/bɹaɪd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A woman on her wedding day.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An object ardently loved.

Examples

  • The bride came into the room with lowered eyes and with everyone staring at her.

  • A toast to the bride and groom

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /bɹɑed/
  • /bɹɑjd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. to make a bride of

  2. A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

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

More examples

In context

  • Here comes the bride!

  • Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride.

  • I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

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Origin

noun

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”)).