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Vinony

bride

noun

  1. woman who is about to be married or who is newlywed to a man or woman
  2. strut or bar connecting decorative elements in a lace pattern, holding the elements in place
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bɹaɪd/ / /bɹɑjd/ / /bɾʌɪd/

name

Etymology: * As an Irish and Scottish surname, shortened from McBride. * As an English surname, metathesized from Bird.

  1. A surname.
  2. A parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).

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

verb

Etymology: From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognates Cognate with Yola breede (“bride”), Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), Alemannic German Bruut (“bride”), Central Franconian Brock, Brutt, Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German and Luxembourgish Braut (“bride”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish brud (“bride”), Faroese and Icelandic brúður (“bride”), Norwegian Nynorsk brud, brur (“bride”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs, “bride”), French bru (“daughter-in-law”), Friulian brût (“daughter-in-law”) (from Old High German brut (“bride”)).

  1. to make a bride of