Phrase guide

bride price

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɹaɪd pɹaɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

In some cultures, a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bride gift, bride-gift, bridegift, bride wealth, bride-wealth, bridewealth, bride token, dower, reverse dowry, dowry

Antonyms: dowry

Broader terms: marriage-portion, price, fee, gift

2

noun

Meaning 2

money or property given (in some societies) by the bridegroom to the family of his bride

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gift

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Acehnese: jeunamè — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Amharic: ማጫ (mač̣a) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Arabic: صَدَاق (ṣadāq) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Armenian: կալան (kalan) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Azerbaijani: başlıq — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Banjarese: jujuran — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Bashkir: ҡалым (qalım) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Belarusian: ве́на (vjéna) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Bulgarian: вено́ (venó) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Bulgarian: ве́но (véno) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Cebuano: bugay — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Chechen: там (tam) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Chechen: урдо (urdo) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Cheyenne: onenovahtȯtse — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彩禮 /彩礼 (cǎilǐ) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聘禮 /聘礼 (pìnlǐ) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Chinese Mandarin: 財禮 /财礼 (cáilǐ) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Czech: věno — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Danish: brudepris — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Danish: brudesum — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Dutch: buidsprijs — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Estonian: mõrsjaluna — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Finnish: morsiuslunnaat — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • French: prix de la fiancée — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Galician: dote — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • German: Brautpreis — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • German: Brautgeld — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Hebrew: מֹהַר (mohar) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Indonesian: mahar — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Ingush: урдув (urduv) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Italian: prezzo della sposa — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Kannada: ಕನ್ಯಾಶುಲ್ಕ (kanyāśulka) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Kazakh: қалың (qalyñ) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Kazakh: қалың мал (qalyñ mal) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Korean: 신붓값 (sinbutgap) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Northern Kurdish: qelen — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Kyrgyz: калың (kalıŋ) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Kyrgyz: калың мал (kalıŋ mal) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Lakota: wíŋyaŋčhiŋ — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Malay: hantaran — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Māori: kaireperepe — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brudepris — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brudepris — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Old East Slavic: вѣно (věno) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Ossetian: ирӕд (iræd) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Persian: شیربها (širbahâ) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Polish: wiano — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Portuguese: dote — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Portuguese: preço de noiva — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Russian: ве́но (véno) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Russian: калы́м (kalým) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Russian: вы́куп (výkup) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Serbo-Croatian: вѐно — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Serbo-Croatian: вијѐно — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Serbo-Croatian: vèno — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Serbo-Croatian: vijèno — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Shona: roora — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Slovak: veno — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Spanish: dote — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Spanish: prebenda — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Sundanese: mahar — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Swahili: mahari — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Swedish: brudpris — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Swedish: brudköp — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Tagalog: bigay-kaya — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Tagalog: dote — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Tagalog: pasalap — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Tajik: ширбаҳо (širbaho) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Tatar: калым (qalım) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Tausug: ungsud — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Telugu: కన్యాశుల్కం (kanyāśulkaṁ) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Thai: สินสอด (sǐn-sɔ̀ɔt) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Turkish: başlık — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Turkish: kalın — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Turkish: başlık parası — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Turkmen: galyň — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎅𐎗 (mhr) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Ukrainian: віно́ (vinó) — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Uzbek: qalin — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Uzbek: mahr — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Uzbek: qalin puli — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Welsh: pris priodferch — sum paid to the family of the bride
  • Yakut: сулуу (suluu) — sum paid to the family of the bride