Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*brūdigumô
- Old Englishbrȳdguma
- Middle Englishbrydgrome
- Englishbridegroom
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.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans bruidegom
- bruidegombridegroom, groom
Ancient Greek νυμφίος
- νυμφίος (numphíos)bridegroom, groom
Arabic عَرِيس
- عَرِيس (ʕarīs)bridegroom, groom
Bengali দামাদ, জামাই
- দামাদ (damad)bridegroom, groom
- জামাই (jamai)bridegroom, groom
- নওশা (noōśa)bridegroom, groom
- দুলা (dula)bridegroom, groom
Bulgarian жени́х, младоже́нец
- жени́х (ženíh)bridegroom, groom
- младоже́нец (mladožénec)bridegroom, groom
Catalan nuvi
- nuvibridegroom, groom
Chinese Cantonese 新郎, 新郎哥
- 新郎bridegroom, groom
- 新郎哥bridegroom, groom
Chinese Mandarin 新郎, 新郎官
- 新郎 (xīnláng)bridegroom, groom
- 新郎官 (xīnlángguān)bridegroom, groom
Czech ženich
- ženichbridegroom, groom
Danish brudgom
- brudgombridegroom, groom
Dutch bruidegom
- bruidegombridegroom, groom
Esperanto edziĝanto
- edziĝantobridegroom, groom
Estonian peigmees, peig
- peigmeesbridegroom, groom
- peigbridegroom, groom
Finnish sulhanen
- sulhanenbridegroom, groom
French jeune marié, futur marié
- jeune mariébridegroom, groom
- futur mariébridegroom, groom
- mariébridegroom, groom
- futur épouxbridegroom, groom
- épouxbridegroom, groom
German Bräutigam
- Bräutigambridegroom, groom
Greek γαμπρός, μελλόνυμφος
- γαμπρός (gamprós)bridegroom, groom
- μελλόνυμφος (mellónymfos)bridegroom, groom
- νεόνυμφος (neónymfos)bridegroom, groom
Hebrew חָתָן
- חָתָן (khatán)bridegroom, groom
Hindi दूल्हा, वर
- दूल्हा (dūlhā)bridegroom, groom
- वर (var)bridegroom, groom
- दामाद (dāmād)bridegroom, groom
- नौशा (nauśā)bridegroom, groom
Hungarian vőlegény
- vőlegénybridegroom, groom
Icelandic brúðgumi
- brúðgumibridegroom, groom
Irish grúm, buachaill óg
- grúmbridegroom, groom
- buachaill ógbridegroom, groom
Italian sposo
- sposobridegroom, groom
Japanese 新郎, 花婿
- 新郎 (shinrō)bridegroom, groom
- 花婿 (hanamuko)bridegroom, groom
- 婿 (muko)bridegroom, groom
Korean 신랑
- 신랑 (sillang)bridegroom, groom
Latvian līgavainis
- līgavainisbridegroom, groom
Lithuanian jaunikis, jaunasis
- jaunikisbridegroom, groom
- jaunasisbridegroom, groom
Malay pengantin lelaki
- pengantin lelakibridegroom, groom
Māori tāne mārena
- tāne mārenabridegroom, groom
Norwegian Bokmål brudgom
- brudgombridegroom, groom
Polish pan młody, nowożeniec
- pan młodybridegroom, groom
- nowożeniecbridegroom, groom
Portuguese noivo
- noivobridegroom, groom
Romanian mire
- mirebridegroom, groom
Russian жени́х, новобра́чный
- жени́х (ženíx)bridegroom, groom
- новобра́чный (novobráčnyj)bridegroom, groom
- молодо́й (molodój)bridegroom, groom
Scottish Gaelic fear na bainnse, fear nuadh-pòsda
- fear na bainnsebridegroom, groom
- fear nuadh-pòsdabridegroom, groom
Slovak ženích
- ženíchbridegroom, groom
Spanish novio
- noviobridegroom, groom
Swahili bwana harusi, bwana arusi
- bwana harusibridegroom, groom
- bwana arusibridegroom, groom
Swedish brudgum
- brudgumbridegroom, groom
Tagalog nobyo
- nobyobridegroom, groom
Tamil மணமகன், மணவாளன்
- மணமகன் (maṇamakaṉ)bridegroom, groom
- மணவாளன் (maṇavāḷaṉ)bridegroom, groom
- மாப்பிள்ளை (māppiḷḷai)bridegroom, groom
Thai เจ้าบ่าว, บ่าว
- เจ้าบ่าว (jâo-bàao)bridegroom, groom
- บ่าว (bàao)bridegroom, groom
Turkish güvey, damat
- güveybridegroom, groom
- damatbridegroom, groom
- güveyibridegroom, groom
Ukrainian жени́х, нарече́ний
- жени́х (ženýx)bridegroom, groom
- нарече́ний (narečényj)bridegroom, groom
- молоди́й (molodýj)bridegroom, groom
- су́джений (súdženyj)bridegroom, groom
- князь (knjazʹ)bridegroom, groom
- молоди́к (molodýk)bridegroom, groom
Urdu دُولْہا, داماد
- دُولْہا (dūlhā)bridegroom, groom
- داماد (dāmād)bridegroom, groom
- نَوشَہ (nauśa)bridegroom, groom
Vietnamese rể, chú rể
- rểbridegroom, groom
- chú rểbridegroom, groom
Welsh priodfab, priodfeibion
- priodfabbridegroom, groom
- priodfeibionbridegroom, groom
Yiddish חתן, כאָסן
- חתן (khosn)bridegroom, groom
- כאָסן (khosn)bridegroom, groom
Cite this entry
bridegroom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bridegroom
“bridegroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bridegroom. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bridegroom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bridegroom.
Source: bridegroom on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.