bridegroom
A man in the context of his own weddingA man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
» Tom is the bridegroom.
Meaning
1 sensesA man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
Coordinate term: bride
Bräutigam
жени́хženíx, новобра́чныйnovobráčnyj, молодо́йmolodój
жени́хženýx, нарече́нийnarečényj, молоди́йmolodýj
a man who has recently been married
Examples
7 sentencesTom is the bridegroom.
Matthew is soon to be married; he will make a very handsome bridegroom.
ruМэтью скоро женится, он будет очень красивым женихом.
He is the bridegroom.
deEr ist der Bräutigam.
My bridegroom cheated on me.
That same evening the bride and bridegroom embarked, amidst the roar of cannon and the waving of banners.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English brydgrome, bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-Germanic *From Middle English brydgrome, bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô; equivalent to Old English brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man”). Altered by folk etymology to end with groom, with it re-analyzed as or influenced by grom, grome (“attendant”), as guma was obsolete. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Brüüdicham, Dutch bruidegom, Afrikaans bruidegom, German Low German Brödigam, Brüdigam, Brögam, Brügam, Plautdietsch Briegaum, German Bräutigam, Norwegian Bokmål brudgom, Norwegian Nynorsk brudgom, Danish brudgom, Swedish brudgum, Icelandic brúðgumi, Faroese brúðgómur.
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