brideとは

語源 1

From Middle English bride, from 古期英語 brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), West Frisian breid (“bride”), Danish brud (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), French bru (“daughter-in-law”), German Low German Bruut (“bride”), German Braut (“bride”), Swedish brud (“bride”).

名詞

bride (複数形 brides)

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

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

   • (Can we date this quote?) George Lyttelton

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

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     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.

2. (obsolete, figuratively) An object ardently loved.

等位語

• bridegroom
• groom

派生語

参考

• husband-to-be
• wife-to-be

動詞

bride (三人称単数 現在形 brides, 現在分詞 briding, 過去形および過去分詞形 brided)

1. (obsolete) To make a bride of.

語源 2

Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).

名詞

bride (複数形 brides)

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

アナグラム

• birde, rebid