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[edit] Etymology 1
Old English brȳd, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz. Cognate with German Braut, Dutch bruid, Swedish and Danish brud.
bride (plural brides)
- A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
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woman who is going to marry or has just been married
- Arabic: عروس (ar) (ʿurūs) f.
- Armenian: հարս (hy) (hars), հարսնացու (hy) (harsnac'u)
- Belarusian: нявеста (be) (njavésta) f., маладая (be) (maladája) f.
- Bosnian: nevjesta (bs) f., mlada (bs) f.
- Bulgarian: булка (bg) (búlka) f., младоженка (bg) (mladožénka) f.
- Chinese:
- Gan: 新婦, 新妇 (shin fuh)
- Mandarin: 新娘 (cmn) (xīnniáng), 新婦 (cmn), 新妇 (cmn) (xīnfù)
- Croatian: nevjesta (hr) f., mlada (hr) f.
- Czech: nevěsta (cs) f.
- Danish: brud (da) c.
- Dutch: bruid (nl) f.
- Esperanto: novedzino (eo)
- Finnish: morsian (fi)
- French: jeune mariée (fr) f.
- Georgian: დედოფალი (ka) (dedop'ali) f., პატარძალი (ka) (pat'armali) f.
- German: Braut (de) f.
- Greek: νύφη (el) (nýfi) f.
- Gujarati: નવવધૂ (navvadhū) f.
- Hebrew: כַּלָּה (he) (kala) f.
- Hindi: दुलहन (hi) (dul'han) f., नवोढा (hi) (navōḍhā) f., नववधू (hi) (navvadhū) f., वधू (hi) (vadhū) f.
- Italian: fidanzata (it), sposa (it) f.
- Japanese: 花嫁 (ja) (hanayome), 新婦 (ja) (shinpu), 嫁 (ja) (yome)
- Korean: 신부 (ko) (sinbu), 新婦 (ko)
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- Kurdish: bûk (ku) f. / بووک
- Latvian: līgava (lv)
- Malay: pengantin perempuan
- Maltese: għarusa (mt) f.
- Old Church Slavonic: нєвѣста (nevěsta) f.
- Persian: عروس (fa) (arus)
- Polish: panna młoda (pl) f., narzeczona (pl) f.
- Portuguese: noiva (pt)
- Romanian: mireasă (ro) f.
- Russian: невеста (ru) (nevésta) f., новобрачная (ru) (novobráčnaja) f., молодая (ru) (molodája) f.
- Scottish Gaelic: bean na bainnse f., bean nuadh-phòsda f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: невеста f., млада f.
- Roman: nevesta f., mlada f.
- Slovak: nevesta (sk) f.
- Slovene: nevesta (sl) f.
- Spanish: novia (es) f.
- Swedish: brud (sv)
- Telugu: వధువు (vadhuvu), పెళ్ళి కూతురు (pelli kooturu)
- Thai: เจ้าสาว (th) (jâo săao)
- Turkish: gelin (tr)
- Ukrainian: наречена (uk) (naréčena) f., молода (uk) (molodá) f.
- Urdu: دلہن (ur) (dul'han) f., نذوڈھا (ur) (navōḍhā) f.
- Vietnamese: cô dâu (vi)
- Volapük: (male or female) gam (vo), (female) jigam (vo)
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[edit] Etymology 2
From French bride (“bridle”).
bride (plural brides)
- An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework.
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Of Germanic origin; probably from Middle High German bridel. Compare Spanish brida, Italian briglia.
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bride f. (plural brides)
- (horsemanship) bridle
- strap
- loop (of a button); bride (of lace)
- (medicine) adhesion
bride
- first-person singular present indicative of brider
- third-person singular present indicative of brider
- first-person singular present subjunctive of brider
- third-person singular present subjunctive of brider
- second-person singular imperative of brider
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bride f.
- Plural form of brida.
