name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
bride
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bɹaɪd/
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British, Southern, Standard: /bɹɑjd/
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Scotland: /bɾʌɪd/
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Wales: /bɾaɪd/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /bɹɑed/
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rhymes with -aɪd
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CMU ARPABET: B R AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
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noun
Meaning 4
An object ardently loved.
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Usage: figuratively, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework
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verb
Meaning 6
to make a bride of
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
a woman who has recently been married
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: newlywed, honeymooner
Narrower terms: war bride
noun
Meaning 8
a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: participant
noun
Meaning 9
Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Saint Bride, St. Bride
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abbess, mother superior, prioress, saint
History
Etymology
* As an Irish and Scottish surname, shortened from McBride. * As an English surname, metathesized from Bird.
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”)).
Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).
Across languages
Translations
195 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afar: qibna — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Afrikaans: bruid — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Albanian: nuse — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Albanian: gjelinë — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Southern Altai: колту (koltu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Southern Altai: келин (kelin) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Amharic: ሙሽራ (mušra) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Arabic: عَرُوس (ʕarūs) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Arabic: عروسة (ʕrūsa) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Armenian: հարս (hars) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Armenian: հարսնացու (harsnacʻu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Assamese: কইনা (koina) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Azerbaijani: gəlin — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Bashkir: кәләш (kələş) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Bats: წინუს (c̣inus) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Belarusian: няве́ста (njavjésta) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Belarusian: малада́я (maladája) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Bengali: বধূ (bodhu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Bulgarian: бу́лка (búlka) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Bulgarian: младоже́нка (mladožénka) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Bulgarian: годени́ца (godeníca) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Bulgarian: неве́ста (nevésta) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Bulgarian: невя́ста (nevjásta) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Burmese: သတို့သမီး (sa.tui.sa.mi:) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Catalan: núvia — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵙⵍⵉⵜ (tislit) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Chechen: нускал (nuskal) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Chinese Cantonese: 新娘 — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Chinese: щифур (xifur) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Chinese: щинщифур (xinxifur) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Eastern Min Chinese: 新人 (sìng-ìng) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Gan Chinese: 新娘子 (xin1 nyiong4 zi) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Gan Chinese: 新娘 (xin1 'nyiong4) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Hakka Chinese: 新娘 (sîn-ngiòng) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Chinese: 新娘 (sin-niû) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Jin Chinese: 新娘子 (xing1 nion1 zeh) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Chinese Mandarin: 新娘 (xīnniáng) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Chinese Mandarin: 新婦 /新妇 (xīnfù) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Chinese Mandarin: 新娘子 (xīnniángzi) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Chinese Mandarin: 新媳婦兒 /新媳妇儿 (xīnxífur) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Northern Min Chinese: 新娘 (séng-niông) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Wu Chinese: 新娘子 (1shin-gnian-tsy) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Xiang Chinese: 新娘子 (xin1 nyian2 zr) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Chukchi: ӈэвъэнлыӄыл (ṇėvʺėnlyqyl) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Cornish: benyn bries — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Czech: nevěsta — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Danish: brud — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Dutch: bruid — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Esperanto: novedzino — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Estonian: pruut — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Faroese: brúður — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Finnish: morsian — woman in the context of her own wedding
- French: mariée — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Gagauz: gelin — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Galician: noiva — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Galician: alarosa — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Georgian: დედოფალი (dedopali) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Georgian: პატარძალი (ṗaṭarʒali) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- German: Braut — woman in the context of her own wedding
- German: Bruut — woman in the context of her own wedding
- German: Gspuusi — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Old High German: brūt — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Greek: νύφη (nýfi) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ancient Greek: νύμφη (númphē) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Greek: νύμφα (númpha) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Gujarati: નવવધૂ (navavdhū) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Gujarati: નવોઢા (navoḍhā) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Hebrew: כַּלָּה (kalá) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Hindi: दुल्हन (dulhan) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Hindi: नवोढा (navoḍhā) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Hindi: नववधू (navavdhū) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Hindi: वधू (vadhū) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Hindi: अरूस (arūs) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Hungarian: menyasszony — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Hungarian: ara — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Icelandic: brúður — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ido: fiancito — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ido: fiancitulo — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ido: fiancitino — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Indonesian: pengantin — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Indonesian: pengantin perempuan — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ingrian: morsia — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ingrian: noorikke — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ingush: нускал (nuskal) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Irish: brídeach — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Italian: fidanzata — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Italian: sposa — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Japanese: 花嫁 (hanayome) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Japanese: 新婦 (shinpu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Japanese: 嫁 (yome) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Kashmiri: مَہاریٚنؠ (mahāren') — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Kazakh: қалыңдық (qalyñdyq) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Khmer: កូនក្រមុំ (koun krɑɑmum) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Kikuyu: mũhiki — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Korean: 신부 (sinbu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Central Kurdish: بووک (bûk) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Laki: بەوی (bewî) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Northern Kurdish: bûk — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Southern Kurdish: وەۊ (weẅ) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Kyrgyz: колукту (koluktu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ladin: nevicia — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Lao: ເຈົ້າສາວ (chao sāo) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Latin: nūpta — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Latvian: līgava — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Laz: გელინო (gelino) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Lithuanian: nuotaka — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Low German: Bruud — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Macedonian: не́веста (névesta) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Malay: pengantin perempuan — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Maltese: għarusa — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Māori: wahine mārena — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Megleno-Romanian: niveastă — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Middle English: bryd — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Mingrelian: მოჭყუდუ (moč̣q̇udu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Mongolian: бэр (ber) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Nepali: दुलही (dulahī) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Nepali: वधू (vadhū) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Nepali: बेहुली (behulī) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Norman: mathiée — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Norman: mathié — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Norwegian Bokmål: brud — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Norwegian Nynorsk: brud — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Norwegian Nynorsk: brur — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Occitan: nòvia — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Church Slavic: невѣста (nevěsta) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Old English: brȳd — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Old Norse: brúðr — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Old Saxon: brūd — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Pannonian Rusyn: нєвеста (njevesta) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Pannonian Rusyn: млода (mloda) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Papiamentu: brùit — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Pashto: جنجۍ (janjə́y) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Pashto: عروس ('arūs) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Dari: عَرُوس (arūs) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Iranian Persian: عَروس (arus) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Iranian Persian: بَیو (bayu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Iranian Persian: دُغْد (doġd) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Plautdietsch: Brut — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Polish: panna młoda — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Polish: młoda — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Polish: oblubienica — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Polish: niewiasta — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Portuguese: noiva — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Romani: bori — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Romanian: nevastă — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Romanian: mireasă — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Russian: неве́ста (nevésta) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Russian: новобра́чная (novobráčnaja) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Russian: молода́я (molodája) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Saho: cibna — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Sanskrit: वधू (vadhū) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Scottish Gaelic: bean na bainnse — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Scottish Gaelic: bean nuadh-phòsda — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Serbo-Croatian: нѐвеста — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Serbo-Croatian: мла̑да — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Serbo-Croatian: nèvesta — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Serbo-Croatian: mlȃda — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Slovak: nevesta — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Slovene: nevesta — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Spanish: novia — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Svan: წუ̂ილ (c̣ûil) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Swahili: biarusi — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Swahili: biharusi — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Swedish: brud — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Tajik: арус (arus) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Talysh: ویو (vayu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Tamil: மணப்பெண் (maṇappeṇ) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Tarifit: tasrit — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Tatar: кәләш (käläş) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Telugu: వధువు (vadhuvu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Telugu: పెళ్ళి కూతురు (peḷḷi kūturu) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Thai: เจ้าสาว (jâo-sǎao) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Tibetan: མནའ་མ (mna' ma) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Turkish: gelin — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ottoman Turkish: كلین (gelin) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Turkmen: gelin — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Turkmen: gelneje — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ukrainian: наре́чена (naréčena) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ukrainian: молода́ (molodá) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ukrainian: неві́ста (nevísta) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Ukrainian: зару́чена (zarúčena) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Urdu: دُلْہَن (dulhan) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Urdu: عَرُوس ('arūs) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Uyghur: كېلىن (këlin) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Uzbek: kelin — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Vietnamese: cô dâu — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Volapük: gam — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Volapük: higam — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Volapük: jigam — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Walloon: marieye — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Welsh: priodferch — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Yiddish: כּלה (kale) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Yiddish: קאַלע (kale) — woman in the context of her own wedding
- Zhuang: bawxmoq — woman in the context of her own wedding
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