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From Old English brȳdguma, from brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man”) (Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô), influenced by groom through folk etymology. Compare Dutch bruidegom, German Bräutigam, Danish brudgom.
bridegroom (plural bridegrooms)
- A man on his wedding day, just before it or a short time after it.
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bridegroom, groom
- Alviri-Vidari:
- Vidari: دماد (domād)
- Arabic: عريس (ar) (`ariis) m
- Armenian: փեսա (hy) (p’esa), փեսացու (hy) (p’esac’u),
- Azeri: kürəkən (az)
- Bulgarian: жених (bg) (ženih) m, младоженец (bg) (mladoženec) m
- Catalan: nuvi (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 新郎 (cmn) (xīnláng)
- Czech: ženich (cs) m
- Danish: brudgom (da) c
- Dutch: bruidegom (nl) m
- Finnish: sulhanen (fi)
- French: jeune marié (fr) m, futur marié (fr) m, marié (fr) m, futur époux (fr) m, époux (fr) m
- German: Bräutigam (de) m
- Greek: γαμπρός (el) (gamprós) m
- Hebrew: חָתָן (he) (khatán) m
- Hungarian: vőlegény (hu)
- Icelandic: brúðgumi (is) m
- Ido: (♂♀) fiancito (io), (♂) fiancitulo (io), (♀) fiancitino (io)
- Italian: sposo (it) m
- Japanese: 新郎 (ja) (shinrō), 花婿 (ja) (hanamuko), 婿 (ja) (muko)
- Jèrriais: mathié m
- Korean: 신랑 (ko) (sillang)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: زاوا (ku) (zawa)
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- Latvian: līgavainis (lv)
- Low German: Brödigam (nds) m, Brögam (nds) m, Brüdigam (nds) m, Brügam (nds) m
- Luxembourgish: Bräitchemann (lb) m
- Macedonian: младоженец (mk) (mladóženec) m
- Malay: pengantin lelaki
- Manx: dooinney-poosee (gv) m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: brudgom (no) m
- Nynorsk: brudgom (nn) m
- Old Dutch: brūdigomo
- Old English: brȳdguma (ang)
- Old Frisian: brēdgoma, breidgoma m
- Old Saxon: brūdigomo
- Persian: داماد (fa) (dâmâd) (standard, also colloquial), دوماد (fa) (dumâd) (colloquial), دوما (fa) (dumâ) (dialectal)
- Polish: pan młody (pl) m
- Portuguese: noivo (pt) m
- Russian: жених (ru) (ženíx) m
- Scottish Gaelic: fear na bainnse m, fear nuadh-pòsda m
- Serbo-Croatian: mladoženja (sh) m, ženik (sh) m
- Sindhi: ُگھوٽ (sd) m
- Spanish: novio (es) m
- Swedish: brudgum (sv) c
- Telugu: వరుడు (varudu), పెళ్ళి కొడుకు (pelli koduku)
- Turkish: damat (tr)
- Vietnamese: rể (vi)
- Volapük: (♂♀) gam (vo), (♂) higam (vo), (♀) jigam (vo)
- Yiddish: חתן (yi) (khosn) m
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