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Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːm/
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bridegroom (plural bridegrooms)
- A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
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Translations[edit]
bridegroom, groom
- Afrikaans: bruidegom
- Albanian: dhëndër (sq) m
- Alviri-Vidari:
- Vidari: دماد (domād)
- Amharic: ሙሽራው (mušraw)
- Arabic: عَرِيس m (ʕarīs)
- Gulf Arabic: معرس m (miʕris)
- Armenian: փեսա (hy) (pʻesa), փեսացու (hy) (pʻesacʻu),
- Assamese: দৰা (dora)
- Azerbaijani: bəy (az)
- Belarusian: жані́х m (žaníx)
- Bengali: দামাদ (bn) (damad), জামাই (bn) (jamai), নওশা (bn) (noōśa), দুলা (bn) (dula)
- Bulgarian: жени́х (bg) m (ženíh), младоже́нец m (mladožénec)
- Burmese: သတို့သား (my) (sa.tui.sa:), သတိုးသား (sa.tui:sa:)
- Catalan: nuvi (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 新郎 (san1 long4, san1 long4-2), 新郎哥 (san1 long4 go1)
- Dungan: щиннүщү (xinnüxü), нүщү (nüxü)
- Hakka: 新娘公 (sîn-ngiòng-kûng), 新郎 (sîn-lòng)
- Hokkien: 新郎 (zh-min-nan) (sin-lông)
- Mandarin: 新郎 (zh) (xīnláng)
- Czech: ženich (cs) m
- Danish: brudgom (da) c
- Dutch: bruidegom (nl) m
- Esperanto: edziĝanto
- Estonian: peigmees, peig
- Finnish: sulhanen (fi)
- French: jeune marié (fr) m, futur marié m, marié (fr) m, futur époux m, époux (fr) m
- Friulian: spôs m
- Galician: noivo (gl) m
- Georgian: ნეფე (nepe), საქმრო (sakmro)
- German: Bräutigam (de) m
- Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃 m (bruþfaþs)
- Greek: γαμπρός (el) m (gamprós), μελλόνυμφος (el) m (mellónymfos), νεόνυμφος (el) m (neónymfos)
- Ancient: νυμφίος m (numphíos)
- Hebrew: חָתָן (he) m (khatán)
- Hindi: दूल्हा (hi) m (dūlhā), वर (hi) m (var), दामाद (hi) m (dāmād)
- Hungarian: vőlegény (hu)
- Icelandic: brúðgumi m
- Ido: (♂♀) fiancito (io), (♂) fiancitulo (io), (♀) fiancitino (io)
- Ingrian: senihka, priho
- Irish: grúm m, buachaill óg m
- Italian: sposo (it) m
- Japanese: 新郎 (ja) (しんろう, shinrō), 花婿 (ja) (はなむこ, hanamuko), 婿 (ja) (むこ, muko)
- Kashmiri: مَہارازٕ (mahārāzụ)
- Kazakh: күйеу (küieu)
- Khmer: កូនកំលោះ (koun kɑmlɑh)
- Kikuyu: mũhikania class 1
- Korean: 신랑(新郞) (ko) (sillang)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: زاوا (zawa)
- Northern Kurdish: zava (ku) m
- Kyrgyz: куйоо (kuyoo)
- Lao: ເຈົ້າບ່າວ (chao bāo)
- Latvian: līgavainis m
- Lithuanian: jaunikis m, jaunasis m
- Low German:
- German Low German: Brödigam m, Brüdigam m, Brögam m, Brügam m
- Luxembourgish: Bräitchemann m
- Macedonian: младо́женец m (mladóženec)
- Malay: pengantin lelaki
- Malayalam: മണവാളൻ (ml) (maṇavāḷaṉ), ചെറുക്കൻ (ml) (ceṟukkaṉ)
- Maltese: għarus m
- Manx: dooinney-poosee m
- Maori: tāne mārena
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: шинэ хүргэн (šine xürgen), хүргэн (mn) (xürgen)
- Norman: mathié m (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: brudgom (no) m
- Nynorsk: brudgom m
- Occitan: nòvi (oc) m
- Old Dutch: brūdigomo m
- Old English: brȳdguma m
- Old Frisian: brēdgoma m, breidgoma m
- Old High German: brūtigomo m
- Old Norse: brúðgumi m
- Old Saxon: brūdigomo m
- Persian: داماد (fa) (dâmâd)
- Plautdietsch: Briegaum m (cf. German Low German: Brügam m)
- Polish: pan młody (pl) m, nowożeniec (pl) m
- Portuguese: noivo (pt) m
- Romani: ʒamutro m
- Romanian: mire (ro) m
- Russian: жени́х (ru) m (ženíx), новобра́чный (ru) m (novobráčnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: fear na bainnse m, fear nuadh-pòsda m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: младожења m, женик m
- Roman: mladoženja (sh) m, ženik (sh) m
- Sindhi: ُگھوٽ (sd) m
- Slovak: ženích m
- Slovene: ženin (sl) m
- Spanish: novio (es) m
- Swahili: bwana harusi (sw), bwana arusi
- Swedish: brudgum (sv) c
- Tagalog: nobyo
- Tajik: домод (tg) (domod)
- Tarifit: isri m
- Tatar: кияү (tt) (kiyaw)
- Telugu: వరుడు (te) (varuḍu), పెళ్ళి కొడుకు (peḷḷi koḍuku)
- Thai: เจ้าบ่าว (th) (jâo-bàao), บ่าว (th) (bàao)
- Turkish: güvey (tr), damat (tr)
- Turkmen: adagly (tk)
- Udmurt: эмеспи (emespi)
- Ukrainian: жени́х m (ženýx), нарече́ний m (narečényj), молоди́й (uk) m (molodýj), су́джений m (súdženyj), князь m (knjazʹ), молоди́к m (molodýk)
- Uyghur: يىگىت (yigit)
- Uzbek: kuyov (uz)
- Venetian: spóxo m
- Vietnamese: rể (vi), chú rể
- Volapük: (♂♀) gam (vo), (♂) higam (vo), (♀) jigam (vo)
- Welsh: priodfab (cy) m, priodfeibion m pl
- West Frisian: breugeman c
- Yakut: күтүөт (kütüöt)
- Yiddish: חתן (khosn), כאָסן m (khosn) (Soviet phonetic spelling)
- Zazaki: zama (diq) m
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