bridalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbraɪ.dl̩/
• (米国発音) enPR: brīd-(ə)l, IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪd(ə)l/
• Homophone: bridle
• 韻: -aɪd(ə)l

名詞

bridal (複数形 bridals)

1. (archaic) A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:

     […] the crowne, which Ariadne wore / Upon her yvory forehead, that same day / That Theseus her unto his bridal bore […]

   • 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, OCLC 145080417:

     Thus, in the dead time of the night before her bridal, Edith Granger wrestled with her unquiet spirit, tearless, friendless, silent, proud, and uncomplaining.

形容詞

bridal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial.

   bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber

派生語

アナグラム

• labrid, ribald