A bridegroom is a man who is getting married or who has just got married.
Synonyms: husband, groom, newly-wed, marriage partner More Synonyms of bridegroom
bridegroom in British English
(ˈbraɪdˌɡruːm, -ˌɡrʊm)
noun
a man who has just been or is about to be married
Word origin
C14: changed (through influence of groom) from Old English brӯdguma, from brӯdbride1 + guma man; related to Old Norse brūthgumi, Old High German brūtigomo
bridegroom in American English
(ˈbraɪdˌgrum)
noun
a man who has just been married or is about to be married
Word origin
ME bridegome < OE brydguma, suitor < bryd, bride + guma (akin to L homo), man; altered by folk etym. after groom
Examples of 'bridegroom' in a sentence
bridegroom
We and he are transformed from debtor and creditor into bride and bridegroom.
Christianity Today (2000)
The consent of both bride and bridegroom is required.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The rain drove into the bride and bridegroom's faces as they passed to the chariot.
William Thackeray Vanity Fair (1837)
He was talking of the bride and bridegroom, whose appearance was being waited for.
George Eliot Daniel Deronda (1876)
The bride and bridegroom, for instance, love each other very dearly.
Oscar Wilde The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)
In other languages
bridegroom
British English: bridegroom /ˈbraɪdˌɡruːm; -ˌɡrʊm/ NOUN
A bridegroom is a man who is getting married.
American English: bridegroom
Arabic: عَريس
Brazilian Portuguese: noivo no dia do casamento
Chinese: 新郎
Croatian: mladoženja
Czech: ženich
Danish: brudgom
Dutch: bruidegom
European Spanish: novio
Finnish: sulhanen
French: marié
German: Bräutigam
Greek: γαμπρός γαμήλια τελετή
Italian: sposo
Japanese: 花婿
Korean: 신랑
Norwegian: brudgom
Polish: pan młody
European Portuguese: noivo no dia do casamento
Romanian: mire
Russian: жених
Latin American Spanish: novio
Swedish: brudgum
Thai: เจ้าบ่าว
Turkish: damat gelinin kocası
Ukrainian: наречений
Vietnamese: chú rể
Chinese translation of 'bridegroom'
bridegroom
(ˈbraɪdɡruːm)
n(c)
新郎 (xīnláng) (个(個), gè)
groom
(ɡruːm)
n(c)
(for horse) 马(馬)夫(伕) (mǎfū) (个(個), gè)
(also bridegroom) 新郎 (xīnláng) (位, wèi)
vt
[horse]给(給) ... 刷毛 (gěi ... shuāmáo)
to be groomed for sth接受做某事的培养(養) (jiēshòu zuò mǒushì de péiyǎng)