bride

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see also: Bride

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Pronunciation

• (America, RP) IPA: /bɹaɪd/

Noun

bride (plural brides)

1. A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
   • Bible, Book of Revelation xxi. 9

     I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

   • Has by his own experience tried / How much the wife is dearer than the bride.

   Coordinate terms: bridegroom#English|bridegroom, groom#English|groom
2. (obsolete, figurative) An object ardently loved.

Translations

• French: jeune mariée, future mariée, mariée, future épouse, épouse
• German: Braut
• Italian: fidanzata, sposa
• Portuguese: noiva
• Russian: неве́ста
• Spanish: novia

Verb

bride (brides, present participle briding; past and past participle brided)

1. (obsolete) to make a bride of

Noun

bride (plural brides)

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

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Bride

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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