What does bride mean?
Definitions for bride
braɪdbride
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word bride.
Princeton's WordNet
bridenoun
a woman who has recently been married
Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bridenoun
Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
bridenoun
a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
BRIDEnoun
A woman new married.
Etymology: bryd, Saxon; brudur, in Runick, signifies a beautiful woman.
Help me mine own love’s praises to resound,
Ne let the fame of any be envy’d;
So Orpheus did for his own bride. Edmund Spenser, Epithalamium.The day approach’d, when fortune should decide
Th’important enterprize, and give the bride. John Dryden, Fab.These are tributes due from pious brides,
From a chaste matron, and a virtuous wife. Edmund Smith, Phædr.
Wikipedia
Bride
A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bride's future spouse, is usually referred to as the bridegroom or just groom. In Western culture, a bride may be attended by a maid, bridesman and one or more bridesmaids.
ChatGPT
bride
A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who has just been married. The term can also be used to refer to a woman during a wedding ceremony or shortly after it. She is typically associated with a special dress and veil, which are traditionally white in many cultures.
Webster Dictionary
Bridenoun
a woman newly married, or about to be married
Bridenoun
fig.: An object ardently loved
Brideverb
to make a bride of
Freebase
Bride
A bride is a woman about to be married or newlywed. In Western culture, a bride may be attended by one or more bridesmaids.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bride
brīd, n. a woman about to be married: a woman newly married.—v.i. (Shak.) to act the bride.—ns. Bride′-ale (obs.)—Bridal, the ale-drinking at a marriage feast; Bride′-bed, the marriage bed; Bride′cake, the bride's cake, or cake distributed at a wedding; Bride′-cham′ber, a nuptial apartment; Bride′groom, a man about to be married: a man newly married; Bride′maid, Bride's′-maid, Bride′man, Bride's′-man, young unmarried people who attend the bride and bridegroom at a wedding. [A.S. brýd; Ice. brúdr, Ger. braut, a bride.]
Editors Contribution
bride
A female to marry.
The bride looked radiant and her husband looked so handsome, they were joyful.
Submitted by MaryC on January 11, 2020
Suggested Resources
bride
Song lyrics by bride -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by bride on the Lyrics.com website.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BRIDE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bride is ranked #30665 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bride surname appeared 760 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bride.
81.3% or 618 total occurrences were White.
15.3% or 117 total occurrences were Black.
1.5% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.1% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
Matched Categories
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'bride' in Nouns Frequency: #2702
Anagrams for bride »
bider
bredi
rebid
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bride in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bride in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of bride in a Sentence
I do, some guests are telling us the bride and groom didn't speak to each other at the reception.
It was emotional, especially for her, she's the bride and in less than 24 hours they had to change everything they had planned.
Weeping bride, laughing wife; laughing bride, weeping wife.
We both live and breathe geek culture and connected over that right away. You have to know how to have fun and have a sense of humor about it, as a bride-to-be you can get lost in what tradition and magazines tell you, but it's important to stay true to who you are as a couple. It's your love, nobody else's and that's what matters.
You shall go with me, newly-married bride,And gaze upon a merrier multitude.White-armed Nuala, Aengus of the Birds,Feachra of the hurtling form, and himWho is the ruler of the Western Host,Finvara, and their Land of Heart's Desire.Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood,But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for bride
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- bruidAfrikaans
- عروسArabic
- gəlinAzerbaijani
- няве́ста, малада́яBelarusian
- бу́лка, младоже́нка, годени́цаBulgarian
- নববধূBengali
- núviaCatalan, Valencian
- nevěstaCzech
- нєвѣстаOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- brudDanish
- BrautGerman
- νύφηGreek
- novedzinoEsperanto
- noviaSpanish
- pruutEstonian
- بیوگ, عروسPersian
- morsianFinnish
- future mariée, mariée, épouse, jeune mariée, future épouseFrench
- bean na bainnse, bean nuadh-phòsdaScottish Gaelic
- નવવધૂGujarati
- כַּלָּהHebrew
- दुलहन, नवोढा, नववधू, वधूHindi
- հարս, հարսնացուArmenian
- pengantin, pengantin perempuanIndonesian
- fiancito, fiancitino, fiancituloIdo
- brúðurIcelandic
- fidanzata, sposaItalian
- 花嫁, 新婦, 嫁Japanese
- პატარძალი, დედოფალიGeorgian
- қалыңдықKazakh
- កូនក្រមុំKhmer
- 신부, 新婦Korean
- bûk, بووکKurdish
- колуктуKyrgyz
- sponsaeLatin
- ເຈົ້າສາວLao
- nuotakaLithuanian
- līgavaLatvian
- wahine mārenaMāori
- не́вестаMacedonian
- бэрMongolian
- pengantin perempuanMalay
- għarusaMaltese
- သတို့သမီး, သတိုးသမီးBurmese
- brudNorwegian
- bruidDutch
- brur, brudNorwegian Nynorsk
- narzeczona, panna młodaPolish
- noivaPortuguese
- mireasăRomanian
- новобра́чная, молода́я, неве́стаRussian
- невеста, млада, nevesta, mladaSerbo-Croatian
- nevestaSlovak
- nevestaSlovene
- nuseAlbanian
- brudSwedish
- వధువు, పెళ్ళి కూతురుTelugu
- арусTajik
- เจ้าสาวThai
- gelin, gelnejeTurkmen
- gelinTurkish
- كېلىنUyghur, Uighur
- наре́чена, молода́Ukrainian
- نذوڈھا, دلہنUrdu
- kelinUzbek
- cô dâuVietnamese
- higam, jigam, gamVolapük
- כּלהYiddish
Get even more translations for bride »
Translation
Find a translation for the bride definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"bride." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Web. 29 Sep. 2023. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/bride>.
Discuss these bride definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In