Phrase guide

wedding dress

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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1

noun

Meaning 1

The dress worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony, traditionally white with a long train in Western culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bride dress, wedding gown

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a gown worn by the bride at a wedding

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bridal gown, wedding gown

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gown

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: сва́тбена ро́кля (svátbena róklja) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Chinese Mandarin: 婚紗 /婚纱 (hūnshā) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嫁衣 (jiàyī) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Danish: brudekjole — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Dutch: trouwjurk — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Finnish: hääpuku — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Finnish: morsiuspuku — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • French: robe de mariée — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • German: Brautkleid — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Greek: νυφικό (nyfikó) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Hungarian: esküvői ruha — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Hungarian: menyasszonyi ruha — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Irish: gúna pósta — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Italian: vestito da sposa — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Italian: abito da sposa — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Japanese: ウェディングドレス (wedingu doresu) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Japanese: 花嫁衣装 (hanayome ishō) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Korean: 웨딩드레스 (wedingdeureseu) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Korean: 혼례복 (hollyebok) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Maltese: libsa tat-tieġ — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Mongolian: хуримын даашинз (xurimyn daašinz) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brudekjole — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brudekjole — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brurkjole — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brurekjole — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Polish: suknia ślubna — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Portuguese: vestido de casamento — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Russian: подвене́чное пла́тье (podvenéčnoje plátʹje) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Russian: сва́дебное пла́тье (svádebnoje plátʹje) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Scottish Gaelic: culaidh-bainnse — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Serbo-Croatian: vjenčanica — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Spanish: vestido de novia — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Spanish: traje de novia — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Swedish: brudklänning — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Tagalog: damit-pangkasal — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Turkish: gelinlik — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Ukrainian: весільна сукня (vesilʹna suknja) — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Vietnamese: soirée — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony
  • Vietnamese: xoa-rê — the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony