Bride

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /bɹʌɪd/
• US IPA: /bɹaɪd/
• Rhymes: -aɪd

From Old English brȳd, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz. Cognate with West Frisian breid, Dutch bruid, German Braut, Swedish and Danish brud.

Full definition of bride

Noun

1. A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
• Bible, Revelations xxi. 9I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
• George Lyttelton (1709-1773)Has by his own experience tried
  How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
• 1922, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest Chapter 6, Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
2. (obsolete, figurative) An object ardently loved.

Derived terms

• bridezilla
• bride-to-be

Coordinate terms

• bridegroom
• groom

Derived terms

Verb

1. (obsolete) To make a bride of.

From French bride ("bridle").

Noun

1. An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework.

Anagrams

• birde, rebid