brideとは意味・読み方・使い方

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”), German Low German Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German Braut (“bride”), Danish brud (“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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Revelation 21:9:

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

   • 1746, George Lyttelton, An Irregular Ode

     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.

   Coordinate terms: bridegroom, groom

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

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

• bider, birde, rebid