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Definition: Bridal |
BridalAdjective1. Of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows". 2. Designed for a bride; "bridal gown". Noun1. Archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bridal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Mining | Staff. A contrivance used in coal mining to prevent cars from overturning upon steep inclined planes having a rise of 1 ft in 3 ft or 4 ft (1 m in 3m or 4 m). (references) |
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Synonyms: BridalSynonyms: nuptial (adj), spousal (adj), espousal (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Marriage | Matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, wedded; nuptial, hymeneal, spousal, bridal. |
Match; betrothment; (promise); wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal; espousals, spousals; leading to the altar; Verb: nuptial benediction, epithalamium; sealing. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bridal |
| English words defined with "bridal": Bride-ale ♦ Paranymphal ♦ Wood duck. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bridal": Asmodeus ♦ Bride ♦ Caliburn ♦ Gauvaine, Guendolen, Gyneth ♦ Horse-milliner, Hypermnestra' ♦ Lord Lovel, Lord Thomas ♦ Marriage Plates ♦ Roland de Vaux, Rython ♦ Sea Foam, Single-Speech Hamilton ♦ Vanoc, Veil ♦ Wreath. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "bridal": Paranymphal. (references) |
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Screenplays | This is the Bridal Suite (The Philadelphia Story; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry.) Gee, I gave a guy a hundred bucks to get the best bridal suite in the house (Lost in America; writing credit: Albert Brooks; Monica Mcgowan Johnson) Junior bridal suite (Lost in America; writing credit: Albert Brooks; Monica Mcgowan Johnson) Oh, her bridal bower becomes a burial bier of bitter bereavement (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; writing credit: Burt Shevelove; Larry Gelbart) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Bridal Shower (1972) His Bridal Fright (1940) Bridal Suite (1939) His Bridal Sweet (1935) Belinda's Bridal Breakfast (1916) | |
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 | Bridal shop workers putting finishing touches on bride as another family looks on, Xian, Peoples Republic of China. Credit: CDC. |  | The bridal suite - the Tryon's home for the first year of marriage Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Bridal Vail Falls, Yosemite National Park, California. Credit: Ron Nichols. |  | A Hindu bridal party. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Two bridal couples, China. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bridal Veil Falls. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Leader's, business in Lima, Ohio. Bridal room. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sosnick & Thalheimer, business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Bridal salon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bean children. Woman in bridal dress in doorway. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Bridal Veil Falls" by Chris Turner Commentary: "Bridal Veil Falls. New Zealand." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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 | Wedding; church; groom; bride; bells; bells; bridal; espousal; marriage; marriage ceremony; matrimony; nuptial rite; nuptials; spousal; union; wedlock. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Bridal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 92.50% of the time. "Bridal" is used about 160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 92.5% | 148 | 25,903 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.5% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 160 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | CIMA BRIDAL Co., Ltd. | USA | David's Bridal, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "bridal": bridal bed ♦ bridal bouquet ♦ bridal couple ♦ bridal dress ♦ bridal duck ♦ bridal fund ♦ bridal gown ♦ bridal party ♦ bridal suite ♦ bridal throne ♦ bridal train ♦ bridal Veil ♦ bridal vow ♦ bridal wreath. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bridal": bridal-chambers. | |
Ending with "bridal": mini-bridal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
davids bridal | 9,678 | bridal accessory | 619 |
bridal gown | 5,473 | bridal magazine | 520 |
bridal shower | 4,958 | bridal hair | 401 |
bridal shower game | 4,661 | bridal wear | 367 |
bridal bouquet | 2,625 | free bridal shower game | 360 |
bridal | 2,616 | bridal show | 340 |
bridal lingerie | 2,039 | bridal flower | 336 |
bridal shoes | 1,732 | bridal headpieces | 293 |
bridal dress | 1,659 | bridal store | 293 |
bridal shower invitation | 1,614 | bridal tiara | 291 |
bridal shower gift | 1,334 | target bridal registry | 253 |
bridal hair style | 1,303 | bridal party gift | 253 |
bridal shop | 1,175 | discount bridal gown | 246 |
bridal shower favor | 1,132 | bridal shower theme | 244 |
bridal registry | 927 | bridal shower cake | 233 |
bridal shower idea | 922 | bridal shower poem | 218 |
bridal gift | 859 | bridal set | 205 |
bridal jewelry | 801 | bridal marys | 197 |
macys bridal registry | 644 | bridal shower gift idea | 188 |
bridal veil | 642 | bridal original | 184 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "bridal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | nusëror, martesor (conjugal, connubial, hymeneal, marital, nuptial, wedded). (various references) | |
Arabic | زفافي (nuptial), زفاف (espousal, hymen, marriage, nuptial, nuptials, wedding), عرس (marriage, nuptial, wedding). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сватбен (hymeneal, nuptial, wedding), сватба (marriage, nuptials, wedding), булчински. (various references) | |
Chinese | 新娘 (Bride). (various references) | |
Czech | svatební (hymeneal, nuptial). (various references) | |
Farsi | متعلق بعروس , عروسی (Marriage, Matrimony, Nuptial, Wedlock), جشن عروسی (Marriage). (various references) | |
Finnish | morsiushuntu (bridal veil), hääjoukko (bridal party). (various references) | |
French | nuptial, de noce, de mariée. (various references) | |
German | braut-, bräutlich. (various references) | |
Greek | γάμοσ (espousal, marriage, match, matrimony, nuptial, nuptials, spousals, wedding, wedlock), γαμήλιοσ (connubial, hymeneal, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedding), γαμήλιος, νυμφικόσ (nubile, nuptial), της νύφης. (various references) | |
Hebrew | של כלולות (matrimonial). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nász- (nuptial). (various references) | |
Italian | festa nuziale. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ブチ殺す (book, book band, book cover, book mart, book review, bookend, booker, bookie, booking, bookish, booklet, bookmaker, boutique, Brahms, bridal bouquet, bridal market, bush, bushman, to kill by hitting). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ブライダル . (various references) | |
Manx | poosey (espousal, marriage, marry, matrimony, wed, wedding, wedlock). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | idalbray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nupcial (genial, hymeneal, nuptial), festa nupcial, casamento (espousal, marriage, match, matrimony, nuptials, union, wedding, wedlock). (various references) | |
Romanian | nupţial (hymeneal, matrimonial, nuptial), nuntã (espousal, nuptials, wedding), de mireasã. (various references) | |
Russian | свадьба свадебный (wedding), свадебный (wedding). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | venčani, svadbeni (hymeneal, nuptial, wedding). (various references) | |
Spanish | boda (marriage, wedding, wedding-party), nupcial (hymeneal, nuptial, wedding). (various references) | |
Swedish | brud-. (various references) | |
Thai | เกี่ยวกับเจ้าสาว, เกี่ยวกับงานแต่งงาน. (various references) | |
Turkish | gelinle ilgili, gelin (bride, daughter in law), düğünle ilgili, düğün (nuptial, nuptials, sponsal, wedding). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | весільний (honeymoon, hymeneal, nuptial, wedding), весілля (espousals, marriage, nuptial, nuptiality, nuptials). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiệc cưới, liên hoan đám cưới, đám cưới. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bridal": bridally, bridals. (additional references) | |
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"Bridal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Barisal, Barradale, bidal, bidel, Birgidale, birmday, blidah, Boisdale, Bradda, Braida, breal, Breasal, Bredahl, Brendell, Breval, Bribdale, bridan, Bridei, bridell, bridial, Brimah, brinal, Britel, Britrail, Briwax, briza, Brogdale, Brundall, Buridan, buridda, irdial. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bridal" (pronounced brī"dul) |
| 6 | b r ī" d u l | bridle. |
| 4 | -ī" d u l | homicidal, idle, idol, idyll, suicidal, intertidal, Seidel, sidle, tidal. |
| 3 | -d u l | addle, alkaloidal, antipodal, astraddle, backpedal, beadle, Bedell, befuddle, bindle, Boodle, Brindle, bundle, caboodle, candle, caudal, caudle, Coddle, colloidal, cradle, cuddle, dawdle, Doodle, dwindle, feudal, fiddle, fondle, genocidal, girdle, handle, huddle, hurdle, spindle, straddle, supermodel, swindle, intermodal, kindle, ladle, manhandle, medal, meddle, middle, minoxidil, mishandle, modal, model, mollycoddle, muddle, needle, noodle, paddle, panhandle, pedal, peddle, Piddle, poodle, puddle, pyramidal, rekindle, remodel, rhizoidal, riddle, Ruddle, Rundle, saddle, sandal, scandal, toddle, trundle, twaddle, Tweedle, twiddle, unbundle, vandal, Waddle, Wedel, widdle, Windle, yodel. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ribald. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-i-l-r" | |
-1 letter: braid, brail, drail, laird, liard, libra, lidar, rabid. | |
-2 letters: abri, arid, aril, bail, bald, bard, bird, birl, brad, darb, dial, dirl, drab, drib, laid, lair, lard, lari, liar, lira, raid, rail, rial. | |
-3 letters: aid, ail, air, alb, arb, bad, bal, bar, bid, bra, dab, dal, dib, lab, lad, lar, lib, lid, rad, ria. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-i-l-r" | |
+1 letter: baldric, bedrail, brailed, bridals, labroid, rabidly, ribalds, ridable. | |
+2 letters: baldrick, baldrics, bedrails, bilander, billiard, biradial, birdcall, blinkard, blizzard, brailled, bridally, calibred, diablery, drivable, forbidal, jailbird, labroids, ladybird, librated, radiable, railbird, ribaldly, ribaldry, rideable. | |
+3 letters: admirable, admirably, adverbial, baldricks, bandolier, bilanders, billboard, billiards, birdcalls, blackbird, blinkards, blizzards, blizzardy, boardlike, breadline, broadtail, bromeliad, clipboard, derivable, desirable, desirably, diablerie, drabbling, drillable, drinkable, driveable, forbidals, garibaldi, jailbirds, ladybirds, liberated, parboiled, railbirds, sailboard, tailboard, unridable. | |
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