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bride

French, noun

bride is spelled B-R-I-D-E (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bride is a French feminine noun meaning “bridle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of brider. With an accent, bridé is a different word: “chink, slant, slope (a person of East Asian descent)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Harnais placé sur la tête du cheval et destiné à l’arrêter ou à le diriger, selon la volonté du cavalier”.

What does bride mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebridle

  2. 2

    femininestrap

  3. 3

    feminineloop (of a button); bride (of lace)

  4. 4

    feminineadhesion

  5. 5

    feminineflange

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

adjective

as bridé
  1. 1

    having an epicanthus (typical of but not limited to East Asians)

noun

as bridé
  1. 1

    derogatorymasculinechink, slant, slope (a person of East Asian descent)

verb

as bridé
  1. 1

    past participle of brider

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Harnais placé sur la tête du cheval et destiné à l’arrêter ou à le diriger, selon la volonté du cavalier. 2. Les rênes seules. 3. Obstacle ; frein ; retenue. 4. Lien pour retenir certaines coiffures qui passe ou qu’on noue sous le menton.

adjective: 1. Tenu par une bride. 2. Retenu, contenu. 3. Qualifie des yeux dont les paupières présentent un pli épicanthique. 4. Qui offre une ou plusieurs raies colorées allant du dos vers la tête.

noun: 1. Personne aux yeux bridés (notamment Asiatique).

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of bride

  • brides plural
  • bridée feminine
  • bridés masculine plural
  • bridées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bride

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bride in French?

bride appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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