bridal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English bridale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding ale; wedding feast”). The attributive usage was strengthened by association with bride + -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbraɪ.dl̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: brīd-(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˈbɹaɪd(ə)l/
- Homophone: bridle
- Rhymes: -aɪd(ə)l
Noun
[edit]bridal (plural bridals)
- (archaic) A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- […] the crowne, which Ariadne wore / Upon her yvory forehead, that same day / That Theseus her unto his bridal bore […]
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- Thus, in the dead time of the night before her bridal, Edith Granger wrestled with her unquiet spirit, tearless, friendless, silent, proud, and uncomplaining.
Translations
[edit]wedding
Adjective
[edit]bridal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial.
- bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]nuptial
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]bridal
- Alternative form of bridale
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