bridegroom

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• /ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːm/
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From Middle English brydgrome, bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô; equivalent to Old English brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man”). Altered by folk etymology to end with groom, with it re-analyzed as or influenced by grom, grome (“attendant”), as guma was obsolete. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Brüüdicham, Dutch bruidegom, Afrikaans bruidegom, German Low German Brödigam, Brüdigam, Brögam, Brügam, Plautdietsch Briegaum, German Bräutigam, Norwegian Bokmål brudgom, Norwegian Nynorsk brudgom, Danish brudgom, Swedish brudgum, Icelandic brúðgumi, Faroese brúðgómur.

200 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: bruidegom — bridegroom, groom
• Albanian: dhëndër — bridegroom, groom
• Southern Altai: кӱйӱ (küyü) — bridegroom, groom
• Alviri-Vidari: دماد (domād) — bridegroom, groom
• Amharic: ሙሽራው (mušraw) — bridegroom, groom
• Arabic: عَرِيس (ʕarīs) — bridegroom, groom
• Arabic: معرس (miʕris) — bridegroom, groom
• Armenian: փեսա (pʻesa) — bridegroom, groom
• Armenian: փեսացու (pʻesacʻu) — bridegroom, groom
• Assamese: দৰা (dora) — bridegroom, groom
• Azerbaijani: bəy — bridegroom, groom
• Bashkir: кейәү (keyəw) — bridegroom, groom
• Belarusian: жані́х (žaníx) — bridegroom, groom
• Belarusian: нарачо́ны (naračóny) — bridegroom, groom
• Belarusian: малады́ (maladý) — bridegroom, groom
• Bengali: দামাদ (damad) — bridegroom, groom
• Bengali: জামাই (jamai) — bridegroom, groom
• Bengali: নওশা (noōśa) — bridegroom, groom
• Bengali: দুলা (dula) — bridegroom, groom
• Bulgarian: жени́х (ženíh) — bridegroom, groom
• Bulgarian: младоже́нец (mladožénec) — bridegroom, groom
• Burmese: သတို့သား (sa.tui.sa:) — bridegroom, groom
• Burmese: သတိုးသား (sa.tui:sa:) — bridegroom, groom
• Catalan: nuvi — bridegroom, groom
• Chinese Cantonese: 新郎 — bridegroom, groom
• Chinese Cantonese: 新郎哥 — bridegroom, groom
• Chinese: щиннүщү (xinnüxü) — bridegroom, groom
• Chinese: нүщү (nüxü) — bridegroom, groom
• Eastern Min Chinese: 新郎婿 (sĭng-lòng-sái) — bridegroom, groom
• Eastern Min Chinese: 新郎 (sĭng-lòng) — bridegroom, groom
• Gan Chinese: 新郎 — bridegroom, groom
• Gan Chinese: 新郎官 (xin1 long4 'guon1) — bridegroom, groom
• Hakka Chinese: 新娘公 (sîn-ngiòng-kûng) — bridegroom, groom
• Hakka Chinese: 新郎 (sîn-lòng) — bridegroom, groom
• Chinese: 新郎 (zh-min-nan) — bridegroom, groom
• Jin Chinese: 新郎 (xing1 lon1) — bridegroom, groom
• Jin Chinese: 新郎官兒 /新郎官儿 (xing1 lon1 guanr1) — bridegroom, groom
• Chinese Mandarin: 新郎 (xīnláng) — bridegroom, groom
• Chinese Mandarin: 新郎官 (xīnlángguān) — bridegroom, groom
• Northern Min Chinese: 新郎 (séng-lô̤ng) — bridegroom, groom
• Wu Chinese: 新郎 (1shin-laon) — bridegroom, groom
• Xiang Chinese: 新郎公 (sin1 lan2 gong1) — bridegroom, groom
• Czech: ženich — bridegroom, groom
• Danish: brudgom — bridegroom, groom
• Dutch: bruidegom — bridegroom, groom
• Old Dutch: brūdigomo — bridegroom, groom
• Esperanto: edziĝanto — bridegroom, groom
• Estonian: peigmees — bridegroom, groom
• Estonian: peig — bridegroom, groom
• Finnish: sulhanen — bridegroom, groom
• French: jeune marié — bridegroom, groom
• French: futur marié — bridegroom, groom
• French: marié — bridegroom, groom
• French: futur époux — bridegroom, groom
• French: époux — bridegroom, groom
• Old Frisian: brēdgoma — bridegroom, groom
• Old Frisian: breidgoma — bridegroom, groom
• West-Frisian: breugeman — bridegroom, groom
• Friulian: spôs — bridegroom, groom
• Gagauz: güvää — bridegroom, groom
• Galician: noivo — bridegroom, groom
• Georgian: ნეფე (nepe) — bridegroom, groom
• Georgian: საქმრო (sakmro) — bridegroom, groom
• German: Bräutigam — bridegroom, groom
• Old High German: brūtigomo — bridegroom, groom
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃 (bruþfaþs) — bridegroom, groom
• Greek: γαμπρός (gamprós) — bridegroom, groom
• Greek: μελλόνυμφος (mellónymfos) — bridegroom, groom
• Greek: νεόνυμφος (neónymfos) — bridegroom, groom
• Ancient Greek: νυμφίος (numphíos) — bridegroom, groom
• Hebrew: חָתָן (khatán) — bridegroom, groom
• Hindi: दूल्हा (dūlhā) — bridegroom, groom
• Hindi: वर (var) — bridegroom, groom
• Hindi: दामाद (dāmād) — bridegroom, groom
• Hindi: नौशा (nauśā) — bridegroom, groom
• Hungarian: vőlegény — bridegroom, groom
• Icelandic: brúðgumi — bridegroom, groom
• Ido: fiancito — bridegroom, groom
• Ido: fiancitulo — bridegroom, groom
• Ido: fiancitino — bridegroom, groom
• Ingrian: senihka — bridegroom, groom
• Ingrian: priho — bridegroom, groom
• Ingrian: peikkomees — bridegroom, groom
• Irish: grúm — bridegroom, groom
• Irish: buachaill óg — bridegroom, groom
• Italian: sposo — bridegroom, groom
• Japanese: 新郎 (shinrō) — bridegroom, groom
• Japanese: 花婿 (hanamuko) — bridegroom, groom
• Japanese: 婿 (muko) — bridegroom, groom
• Kashmiri: مَہارازٕ (mahārāzụ) — bridegroom, groom
• Kazakh: күйеу (küieu) — bridegroom, groom
• Khmer: កូនកំលោះ (koun kɑmlɑh) — bridegroom, groom
• Kikuyu: mũhikania — bridegroom, groom
• Korean: 신랑 (sillang) — bridegroom, groom
• Central Kurdish: زاوا (zawa) — bridegroom, groom
• Northern Kurdish: zava — bridegroom, groom
• Kyrgyz: куйоо (kuyoo) — bridegroom, groom
• Lao: ເຈົ້າບ່າວ (chao bāo) — bridegroom, groom
• Latvian: līgavainis — bridegroom, groom
• Lithuanian: jaunikis — bridegroom, groom
• Lithuanian: jaunasis — bridegroom, groom
• Low German: Brödigam — bridegroom, groom
• Low German: Brüdigam — bridegroom, groom
• Low German: Brögam — bridegroom, groom
• Low German: Brügam — bridegroom, groom
• Luxembourgish: Bräitchemann — bridegroom, groom
• Macedonian: младо́женец (mladóženec) — bridegroom, groom
• Macedonian: жених (ženih) — bridegroom, groom
• Malay: pengantin lelaki — bridegroom, groom
• Malayalam: മണവാളൻ (maṇavāḷaṉ) — bridegroom, groom
• Malayalam: ചെറുക്കൻ (ceṟukkaṉ) — bridegroom, groom
• Maltese: għarus — bridegroom, groom
• Manx: dooinney-poosee — bridegroom, groom
• Māori: tāne mārena — bridegroom, groom
• Marathi: वर (var) — bridegroom, groom
• Marathi: नवरा (navrā) — bridegroom, groom
• Marathi: नवरदेव (navardev) — bridegroom, groom
• Mongolian: шинэ хүргэн (šine xürgen) — bridegroom, groom
• Mongolian: хүргэн (xürgen) — bridegroom, groom
• Norman: mathié — bridegroom, groom
• Norwegian Bokmål: brudgom — bridegroom, groom
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brudgom — bridegroom, groom
• Occitan: nòvi — bridegroom, groom
• Church Slavic: женихъ (ženixŭ) — bridegroom, groom
• Old East Slavic: женихъ (ženixŭ) — bridegroom, groom
• Old English: brȳdguma — bridegroom, groom
• Old Norse: brúðgumi — bridegroom, groom
• Old Saxon: brūdigomo — bridegroom, groom
• Pannonian Rusyn: млоди (mlodi) — bridegroom, groom
• Dari: دَامَاد (dāmād) — bridegroom, groom
• Iranian Persian: داماد (dâmâd) — bridegroom, groom
• Plautdietsch: Briegaum (cf. German Low German: Brügam m) — bridegroom, groom
• Polish: pan młody — bridegroom, groom
• Polish: nowożeniec — bridegroom, groom
• Portuguese: noivo — bridegroom, groom
• Romani: ʒamutro — bridegroom, groom
• Romanian: mire — bridegroom, groom
• Russian: жени́х (ženíx) — bridegroom, groom
• Russian: новобра́чный (novobráčnyj) — bridegroom, groom
• Russian: молодо́й (molodój) — bridegroom, groom
• Scottish Gaelic: fear na bainnse — bridegroom, groom
• Scottish Gaelic: fear nuadh-pòsda — bridegroom, groom
• Serbo-Croatian: младо̀жења — bridegroom, groom
• Serbo-Croatian: жѐнӣк — bridegroom, groom
• Serbo-Croatian: mladòženja — bridegroom, groom
• Serbo-Croatian: žènīk — bridegroom, groom
• Silesian: żynich — bridegroom, groom
• Sindhi: ُگھوٽ (ughoṭ) — bridegroom, groom
• Slovak: ženích — bridegroom, groom
• Slovene: ženin — bridegroom, groom
• Slovene: ženih — bridegroom, groom
• Spanish: novio — bridegroom, groom
• Swahili: bwana harusi — bridegroom, groom
• Swahili: bwana arusi — bridegroom, groom
• Swedish: brudgum — bridegroom, groom
• Tagalog: nobyo — bridegroom, groom
• Tajik: домод (domod) — bridegroom, groom
• Tajik: домодшаванда (domodšavanda) — bridegroom, groom
• Tamil: மணமகன் (maṇamakaṉ) — bridegroom, groom
• Tamil: மணவாளன் (maṇavāḷaṉ) — bridegroom, groom
• Tamil: மாப்பிள்ளை (māppiḷḷai) — bridegroom, groom
• Tarifit: isri — bridegroom, groom
• Tatar: кияү (kiyäw) — bridegroom, groom
• Telugu: వరుడు (varuḍu) — bridegroom, groom
• Telugu: పెళ్ళి కొడుకు (peḷḷi koḍuku) — bridegroom, groom
• Thai: เจ้าบ่าว (jâo-bàao) — bridegroom, groom
• Thai: บ่าว (bàao) — bridegroom, groom
• Turkish: güvey — bridegroom, groom
• Turkish: damat — bridegroom, groom
• Turkish: güveyi — bridegroom, groom
• Old Anatolian Turkish: كويكو (güyägü) — bridegroom, groom
• Ottoman Turkish: كویكی (güveği, güveyi) — bridegroom, groom
• Ottoman Turkish: داماد (damad) — bridegroom, groom
• Turkmen: adagly — bridegroom, groom
• Udmurt: эмеспи (emespi) — bridegroom, groom
• Ukrainian: жени́х (ženýx) — bridegroom, groom
• Ukrainian: нарече́ний (narečényj) — bridegroom, groom
• Ukrainian: молоди́й (molodýj) — bridegroom, groom
• Ukrainian: су́джений (súdženyj) — bridegroom, groom
• Ukrainian: князь (knjazʹ) — bridegroom, groom
• Ukrainian: молоди́к (molodýk) — bridegroom, groom
• Urdu: دُولْہا (dūlhā) — bridegroom, groom
• Urdu: داماد (dāmād) — bridegroom, groom
• Urdu: نَوشَہ (nauśa) — bridegroom, groom
• Uyghur: يىگىت (yigit) — bridegroom, groom
• Uyghur: كۈيئوغۇل (küy'oghul) — bridegroom, groom
• Uzbek: kuyov — bridegroom, groom
• Venda: mukwasha — bridegroom, groom
• Venetan: spóxo — bridegroom, groom
• Vietnamese: rể — bridegroom, groom
• Vietnamese: chú rể — bridegroom, groom
• Volapük: gam — bridegroom, groom
• Volapük: higam — bridegroom, groom
• Volapük: jigam — bridegroom, groom
• Welsh: priodfab — bridegroom, groom
• Welsh: priodfeibion — bridegroom, groom
• Yakut: күтүөт (kütüöt) — bridegroom, groom
• Yiddish: חתן (khosn) — bridegroom, groom
• Yiddish: כאָסן (khosn) — bridegroom, groom
• Zazaki: zama (diq) — bridegroom, groom