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, 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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

bridegroom (plural bridegrooms)

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

Coordinate term: bride

Derived terms

Related terms

gome

Translations

bridegroom, groom

Afrikaans: bruidegom
Albanian: dhëndër (sq) m
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: دماد (domād)
Amharic: ሙሽራው (mušraw)
Arabic: عَرِيس m (ʕarīs)
Gulf Arabic: معرس m (miʕris)
Armenian: փեսա (hy) (pʻesa), փեսացու (hy) (pʻesacʻu),
Assamese: দৰা (dora)
Azerbaijani: bəy (az)
Bashkir: кейәү (keyəw)
Belarusian: жані́х m (žaníx), нарачо́ны m (naračóny) (dated)
Bengali: দামাদ (bn) (damad), জামাই (bn) (jamai), নওশা (bn) (noōśa), দুলা (bn) (dula)
Bulgarian: жени́х (bg) m (ženíh), младоже́нец m (mladožénec)
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)

Eastern Min: 新郎婿 (sĭng-lòng-sái), 新郎 (sĭng-lòng)

Gan: 新郎 (xin¹ 'long⁴), 新郎官 (xin¹ long⁴ 'guon¹)

Hakka: 新娘公 (sîn-ngiòng-kûng), 新郎 (sîn-lòng)

Hokkien: 新郎 (zh-min-nan) (sin-lông)

Jin: 新郎 (xing¹ lon¹), 新郎官兒 / 新郎官儿 (xing¹ lon¹ guanr¹)

Mandarin: 新郎 (zh) (xīnláng), 新郎官 (zh) (xīnlángguān)

Northern Min: 新郎 (séng-lô̤ng)

Wu: 新郎 (¹shin-laon)

Xiang: 新郎公 (sin¹ lan² gong¹)
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
Gagauz: güvää
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), नौशा (hi) m (nauśā)
Hungarian: vőlegény (hu)
Icelandic: brúðgumi m
Ido: (♂♀) fiancito (io), (♂) fiancitulo (io), (♀) fiancitino (io)
Ingrian: senihka, priho, peikkomees (obsolete)
Irish: grúm m, buachaill óg m
Italian: sposo (it) m
Japanese: 新郎 (ja) (しんろう, shinrō), 花婿 (ja) (はなむこ, hanamuko), 婿 (ja) (むこ, muko)
Kashmiri: مَہارازٕ (mahārāzụ)
Kazakh: күйеу (küieu)
Khmer: កូនកំលោះ (koun kɑmlɑh)
Kikuyu: mũhikania class 1
Korean: 신랑(新郞) (ko) (sillang)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زاوا (zawa)

Northern Kurdish: zava (ku) m
Kyrgyz: куйоо (kuyoo)
Lao: ເຈົ້າບ່າວ (chao bāo)
Latvian: līgavainis m
Lithuanian: jaunikis m, jaunasis m
Low German:
German Low German: Brödigam m, Brüdigam m, Brögam m, Brügam m
Luxembourgish: Bräitchemann m
Macedonian: младо́женец m (mladóženec), жених m (ženih)
Malay: pengantin lelaki
Malayalam: മണവാളൻ (ml) (maṇavāḷaṉ), ചെറുക്കൻ (ml) (ceṟukkaṉ)
Maltese: għarus m
Manx: dooinney-poosee m
Maori: tāne mārena
Marathi: वर m (var), नवरा m (navrā), नवरदेव m (navardev)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: шинэ хүргэн (šine xürgen), хүргэн (mn) (xürgen)
Norman: mathié m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brudgom (no) m

Nynorsk: brudgom m
Occitan: nòvi (oc) m
Old Anatolian Turkish: كويكو (güyägü)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: женихъ m (ženixŭ)
Old Dutch: brūdigomo m
Old East Slavic: женихъ m (ženixŭ)
Old English: brȳdguma m
Old Frisian: brēdgoma m, breidgoma m
Old High German: brūtigomo m
Old Norse: brúðgumi m
Old Saxon: brūdigomo m
Ottoman Turkish: كویكی (güveği, güveyi), داماد (damad)
Pannonian Rusyn: млоди m (mlodi)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: داماد (fa) (dâmâd)
Plautdietsch: Briegaum m (cf. German Low German: Brügam 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: младо̀жења m, жѐнӣк m

Roman: mladòženja (sh) m, žènīk (sh) m
Silesian: żynich m
Sindhi: ُگھوٽ (sd) m
Slovak: ženích m
Slovene: ženin (sl) m, ženih m (Slovene has a very large number of regional synonyms)
Spanish: novio (es) m
Swahili: bwana harusi (sw), bwana arusi
Swedish: brudgum (sv) c
Tagalog: nobyo
Tajik: домод (tg) (domod), домодшаванда (domodšavanda)
Tamil: மணமகன் (ta) (maṇamakaṉ), மணவாளன் (ta) (maṇavāḷaṉ), மாப்பிள்ளை (ta) (māppiḷḷai)
Tarifit: isri m
Tatar: кияү (tt) (kiyaw)
Telugu: వరుడు (te) (varuḍu), పెళ్ళి కొడుకు (peḷḷi koḍuku)
Thai: เจ้าบ่าว (th) (jâo-bàao), บ่าว (th) (bàao)
Turkish: güvey (tr), damat (tr), güveyi (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)
Urdu: دُولْہا m (dūlhā), داماد m (dāmād), نَوشَہ m (nauśa)
Uyghur: يىگىت (yigit), كۈيئوغۇل (küy'oghul)
Uzbek: kuyov (uz)
Venda: mukwasha
Venetan: spóxo m
Vietnamese: rể (vi), chú rể
Volapük: (♂♀) gam (vo), (♂) higam (vo), (♀) jigam (vo)
Welsh: priodfab (cy) m, priodfeibion m pl
West Frisian: breugeman c
Yakut: күтүөт (kütüöt)
Yiddish: חתן (khosn), כאָסן m (khosn) (Soviet phonetic spelling)
Zazaki: zama (diq) m