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bridegroom

/ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
bride-groom
IPA
/ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːm/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English brydgrome, bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô; equivalent to Old English brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man”). Altered by folk etymology to end with groom, with it re-analyzed as or influenced by grom, grome (“attendant”), as guma was obsolete. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Brüüdicham, Dutch bruidegom, Afrikaans bruidegom, German Low German Brödigam, Brüdigam, Brögam, Brügam, Plautdietsch Briegaum, German Bräutigam, Norwegian Bokmål brudgom, Norwegian Nynorsk brudgom, Danish brudgom, Swedish brudgum, Icelandic brúðgumi, Faroese brúðgómur.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: brydgrome, brȳdguma, *brūdigumô

Inflected Forms

bridegrooms (plural) bridegoom (alternative)

Derived Forms

bridegroomlike bridegroomship bridegroomy

Frequently Paired Words

gome

Synonyms

groom

Questions

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

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