Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bride

/bɹaɪd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: bride
IPA: /bɹaɪd/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

noun

An object ardently loved.

Obsolete

verb

to make a bride of

Obsolete

noun

an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognates Cognate with Yola breede (“bride”), Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), Alemannic German Bruut (“bride”), Central Franconian Brock, Brutt, Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German and Luxembourgish Braut (“bride”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish brud (“bride”), Faroese and Icelandic brúður (“bride”), Norwegian Nynorsk brud, brur (“bride”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs, “bride”), French bru (“daughter-in-law”), Friulian brût (“daughter-in-law”) (from Old High German brut (“bride”)).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bride, brȳd, *brūdi, *brūdiz, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɹaɪd/
British English: /bɹaɪd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

brides (plural) brides (present, singular) briding (participle, present) brided (participle, past) brided (past)

Derived Forms

bridal brideangroom bridebed bridecake bridechamber bridegroom bridehood brideless bridelet bridelike bridely bridemaid

Phrases

always a bridesmaid, never a bride blushing bride bride-ale bride dress bride-gift bride gift Bride of the Red Sea Bride of the Sea

Frequently Paired Words

bridegroom groom St Brides St Brides Bay St Brides Major St Bride's Minor St Brides Netherwent St Bride's-super-Ely

Rhymes With

side outside died inside side-by-side tried provide wide ride decide guide applied

Questions

How do you pronounce bride?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹaɪd/.
What does bride mean?: A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
Where does bride come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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