bridegroom

English

Alternative forms

bridegoom

Etymology

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, as guma was obsolete. Compare Saterland Frisian Brüüdicham, Dutch bruidegom, German Bräutigam, Norwegian and Danish brudgom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːm/
Rhymes: -aɪdɡɹuːm

Noun

bridegroom (plural bridegrooms)

A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

Synonyms

groom

Coordinate terms

bride

Related terms

gome

Translations

bridegroom, groom

Afrikaans: bruidegom
Albanian: dhëndër (sq) m
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: دماد‎ (domād)
Amharic: ሙሽራው (mušraw)
Arabic: عَرِيس‎ m (ʿarīs)
Gulf Arabic: معرس‎ m (miʿris)
Armenian: փեսա (hy) (pʿesa), փեսացու (hy) (pʿesacʿu),
Assamese: দৰা (dora)
Azerbaijani: bəy (az)
Belarusian: жані́х m (žaníx)
Bengali: দামাদ (bn) (damad), জামাই (jamai), নওশা (bn) (nôuśa), দুলা (bn) (dula)
Bulgarian: жени́х (bg) m (ženíh), младоженец m (mladoženec)
Burmese: သတို့သား (my) (sa.tui.sa:), သတိုးသား (sa.tui:sa:)
Catalan: nuvi (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 新郎 (san¹ long⁴, san¹ long^4-2), 新郎哥 (san¹ long⁴ go¹)
Dungan: щиннүщү (xinnüxü), нүщү (nüxü)
Hakka: 新娘公 (sîn-ngiòng-kûng), 新郎 (sîn-lòng)
Mandarin: 新郎 (zh) (xīnláng)
Min Nan: 新郎 (zh-min-nan) (sin-lông)
Czech: ženich (cs) m
Danish: brudgom (da) c
Dutch: bruidegom (nl) m
Esperanto: edziĝanto
Estonian: peigmees, peig
Finnish: sulhanen (fi)
French: jeune marié (fr) m, futur marié m, marié (fr) m, futur époux m, époux (fr) m
Friulian: spôs m
Galician: noivo (gl) m
Georgian: ნეფე (nepe), საქმრო (sakmro)
German: Bräutigam (de) m
Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃 m (bruþfaþs)
Greek: γαμπρός (el) m (gamprós), μελλόνυμφος (el) m (mellónymfos), νεόνυμφος (el) m (neónymfos)
Ancient: νυμφίος m (numphíos)
Hebrew: חָתָן‎ (he) m (khatán)
Hindi: दूल्हा (hi) m (dūlhā), वर (hi) m (var), दामाद (hi) m (dāmād)
Hungarian: vőlegény (hu)
Icelandic: brúðgumi m
Ido: (♂♀) fiancito (io), (♂) fiancitulo (io), (♀) fiancitino (io)
Irish: grúm m, buachaill óg m
Italian: sposo (it) m
Japanese: 新郎 (ja) (shinrō), 花婿 (ja) (hanamuko), 婿 (ja) (muko)
Kazakh: күйеу (küieu)
Kashmiri: مَہارازٕ‎ (mahārāzụ)
Khmer: កូនកំលោះ (koon kɑmlɑh)
Kikuyu: mũhikania class 1
Korean: 신랑 (ko) (sillang)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زاوا‎ (ku) (zawa)
Northern Kurdish: zava (ku) m
Kyrgyz: куйоо (kuyoo)
Lao: ເຈົ້າບ່າວ (chao bāo)
Latvian: līgavainis m
Lithuanian: jaunikis m, jaunasis m
Low German: Brödigam m, Brögam m, Brüdigam m, Brügam m
Luxembourgish: Bräitchemann m
Macedonian: младо́женец m (mladóženec)
Malay: pengantin lelaki
Maltese: għarus m
Manx: dooinney-poosee m
Maori: tāne mārena
Mongolian: шинэ хүргэн (šine xürgen), хүргэн (mn) (xürgen)
Norman: mathié m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brudgom (no) m
Nynorsk: brudgom m
Old Dutch: brūdigomo m
Old English: brȳdguma m
Old Frisian: brēdgoma m, breidgoma m
Old High German: brūtigomo m
Old Norse: brúðgumi m
Old Saxon: brūdigomo m
Persian: داماد‎ (fa) (dâmâd) (standard, also colloquial), دوماد‎ (dumâd) (colloquial), دوما‎ (fa) (dumâ) (dialectal)
Plautdietsch: Briegaum m
Polish: pan młody (pl) m, nowożeniec (pl) m
Portuguese: noivo (pt) m
Romani: ʒamutro m
Romanian: mire (ro) m
Russian: жени́х (ru) m (ženíx), новобра́чный (ru) m (novobráčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: fear na bainnse m, fear nuadh-pòsda m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: младожења m, женик m
Roman: mladoženja (sh) m, ženik (sh) m
Sindhi: ُگھوٽ‎ (sd) m
Slovak: ženích m
Slovene: ženin (sl) m
Spanish: novio (es) m
Swahili: bwana harusi (sw), bwana arusi
Swedish: brudgum (sv) c
Tagalog: nobyo
Tajik: домод (tg) (domod)
Telugu: వరుడు (te) (varuḍu), పెళ్ళి కొడుకు (peḷḷi koḍuku)
Thai: เจ้าบ่าว (th) (jâo-bàao), บ่าว (th) (bàao)
Turkish: güvey (tr), damat (tr)
Turkmen: adagly (tk)
Udmurt: эмеспи (emespi)
Ukrainian: жени́х m (ženýx), нарече́ний m (narečényj), молоди́й (uk) m (molodýj), су́джений m (súdženyj), князь m (knjazʹ), молоди́к m (molodýk)
Uyghur: يىگىت‎ (yigit)
Uzbek: kuyov (uz)
Venetian: spóxo m
Vietnamese: rể (vi), chú rể
Volapük: (♂♀) gam (vo), (♂) higam (vo), (♀) jigam (vo)
Welsh: priodfab (cy) m, priodfeibion m pl
Yiddish: חתן‎ (khosn), כאָסן‎ m (khosn)
Zazaki: zama (diq) m