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bridal

bridal

18 3.4
About a bride or a wedding
  • adjective
  • /ˈbraɪdəl/
translation icon : nupcial
  • Austin We are taking our bridal photos.
  • bridal gift
  • bridal bed

So today is my sister's bridal shower.

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Examples

  • Here you can see the latest bridal dress collection for winter 2013 by Maggie Sottero.

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  • I need to finish up a bridal shower gift for my lovely friend's shower tomorrow.

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  • It's a little bit more bridal, I think.

  • - You know, we're having a bit of a bridal shower over there.

  • - It's a bridal shop.

  • This color is absolutely gorgeous for a bridal look.

  • You'll have plenty of time to wash up before my bridal shower this afternoon.

  • It just adds like that perfect bridal glow to me.

  • I still get compliments on my bridal bouquet from anyone who looks at my wedding pictures.

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  • She chose a stunning dress for her bridal ceremony that took place in the garden.

Synonyms

nuptial
vsbridal
  • Formal
4 7.2

Relating to marriage or a wedding ceremony

focuses more narrowly on the bride or wedding aspects rather than marriage

Compounds

2 2.8

A long formal dress a bride wears at her wedding

A shrub with curving branches and groups of small white flowers, often grown in gardens

A shrub with many small white flowers that blooms in spring

Surface Forms

bridal positive

Morphology

bridal = bride (transparent) = bride + al

The word is transparently formed from 'bride' plus the adjectival suffix '-al', meaning 'relating to a bride'.

Etymology

The word bridal comes from the simple word bride plus the ending -al, which means 'related to'. So bridal means 'relating to a bride or a wedding', like a bridal dress or bridal party.