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”), 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.
   • 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, figurative) 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