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Alternative forms
- brig (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England)
- bridg (obsolete)
- brigge (obsolete, etymology 1, noun)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BRIDGECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BRIDGE brigge, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#BRIDGECategory:English terms derived from Old English#BRIDGE brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BRIDGE *brugjō, *brugjǭ (“bridge”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BRIDGE *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw- (“wooden flooring, decking, bridge”).
Cognate with Scots brig, brigg (“bridge”), Yola burge (“bridge”), North Frisian brag, Bröch (“bridge”), Saterland Frisian Brääch, Brääg (“bridge”), West Frisian brêge (“bridge”), Dutch brug (“bridge”), German Brücke (“bridge”), Limburgish brögk (“bridge”), Luxembourgish Bréck (“bridge”), Vilamovian bryk (“bridge”), Yiddish בריק (brik, “bridge”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål brygge (“jetty, pier, wharf”), Faroese, Icelandic bryggja (“pier”), Norwegian Nynorsk brygge, bryggje (“jetty, pier, wharf”), Swedish brygga (“bridge; pier”).
The verb is from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BRIDGE briggen, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Old English#BRIDGE brycġian (“to bridge, make a causeway, pave”), derived from the noun. Cognate with Dutch bruggen (“to bridge”), Middle Low German bruggen (“to bridge”), Old High German bruccōn (“to bridge”) (whence Modern German brücken).
The sense of a part of a stringed instrument is a semantic loan from GermanCategory:English semantic loans from German#BRIDGECategory:English terms derived from German#BRIDGE Steg, from Old High GermanCategory:English terms derived from Old High German#BRIDGE steg.
Noun
bridge (plural bridges)Category:English lemmas#BRIDGECategory:English nouns#BRIDGECategory:English countable nouns#BRIDGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
- A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
- Hypernym: infrastructureCategory:English links with manual fragments#BRIDGE
- Hyponyms: aerobridge, air bridge, airbridge, arch bridge, bascule bridge, bicycle bridge, bowstring bridge, bridge over troubled waters, bus bridge, cable-stayed bridge, canal bridge, catenary bridge, chain bridge, changeline bridge, clapper bridge, covered bridge, crossbridge, drawbridge, draw-bridge, deck bridge, duckboard bridge, floating bridge, flybridge, flying bridge, footbridge, frame bridge, green bridge, hand bridge, hoist bridge, hose bridge, humpback bridge, ice bridge, jet bridge, land bridge, lattice bridge, leaf bridge, leg bridge, lifting bridge, low bridge, microbridge, monkey bridge, movable bridge, nanobridge, nose bridge, oblique bridge, occupation bridge, overbridge, packhorse bridge, paint bridge, pedestrian bridge, pivot bridge, platform bridge, ponton bridge, pontoon bridge, road bridge, roadbridge, rope bridge, roving bridge, skew bridge, skybridge, snake bridge, snow bridge, space bridge, suspension bridge, swing bridge, swingbridge, through bridge, toll bridge, transporter bridge, trestle bridge, truss bridge, turnover bridge, vertical-lift bridge, water bridge, weighbridge, wildlife bridge, wire bridge
- Coordinate terms: forebridge, fore-bridge, apron; road, roadway, street, trail, trailway, path, pathway
- The rope bridge crosses the river.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- It was a beautiful view from the Brooklyn Bridge.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.Category:English terms with quotations#BRIDGE
- 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
- Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.Category:English terms with quotations#BRIDGE
- (anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#BRIDGE) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
- Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- (dentistryCategory:en:Dentistry#BRIDGE) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
- Hypernym: prosthesis
- Hyponym: Maryland bridge
- The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- (bowlingCategory:en:Bowling#BRIDGE) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
- A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
- An arch or superstructure.
- (nauticalCategory:en:Nautical#BRIDGE) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
- The first officer is on the bridge.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- (musicCategory:en:Music#BRIDGE, lutherieCategory:en:Lutherie#BRIDGE) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
- (billiardsCategory:en:Billiards#BRIDGE, snookerCategory:en:Snooker#BRIDGE, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
- (billiardsCategory:en:Billiards#BRIDGE, snookerCategory:en:Snooker#BRIDGE, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
- Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
- (wrestlingCategory:en:Wrestling#BRIDGE) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
- (gymnasticsCategory:en:Gymnastics#BRIDGE) A similar position in gymnastics.
- (nauticalCategory:en:Nautical#BRIDGE) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- 1964, Harry S. Truman, 0:18 from the start, in MP2002-479 Former President Truman Recalls Negotiating With DeGaulle and France after WWII, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
- Yes, France is geographically situated in a key position so far as Western Europe is concerned. They are really the bridge between Germany, Spain and Italy. And it was necessary to have a NATO organization that was unified and France was a necessary member of that organization.Category:English terms with quotations#BRIDGE
- (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#BRIDGE) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
- ECMO is used as a bridge to surgery to stabilize the patient.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- (computingCategory:en:Computing#BRIDGE) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
- This chip is the bridge between the front-side bus and the I/O bus.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- (programmingCategory:en:Programming#BRIDGE) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
- 2011, Thord Daniel Hedengren, Smashing WordPress Themes: Making WordPress Beautiful:
- The plugin also acts as a bridge with BuddyPress and adds things like the top admin bar, and so on.Category:English terms with quotations#BRIDGE
- (networkingCategory:en:Networking#BRIDGE) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
- The LAN bridge uses a spanning tree algorithm.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- (physical chemistryCategory:en:Physical chemistry#BRIDGE) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
- (electronicsCategory:en:Electronics#BRIDGE) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
- (musicCategory:en:Music#BRIDGE) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
- The lyrics in the song's bridge inverted its meaning.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- In the bridge of his 2011 song "It Will Rain", Bruno Mars begs his lover not to "say goodbye."Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- (graph theoryCategory:en:Graph theory#BRIDGE) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
- (poetryCategory:en:Poetry#BRIDGE) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
- (diplomacyCategory:en:Diplomacy#BRIDGE) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
- A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
- (biologyCategory:en:Biology#BRIDGE) In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
- The part of a pair of glasses that connects the lenses.
- (electronicsCategory:en:Electronics#BRIDGE) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
- A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
- (cyclingCategory:en:Cycling#BRIDGE) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
- A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
- (roller derbyCategory:en:Roller derby#BRIDGE) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
- (card gamesCategory:en:Card games#BRIDGE) A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
- see #Etymology_2 for the card game of contract bridge.
Derived terms
- a bridge too far
- Acton Bridge
- aerobridge
- air bridge
- airbridge
- Alexandra Bridge
- Apperley Bridge
- Appley Bridge
- arch bridge
- Armitage Bridge
- auction bridge
- Avonbridge
- Bailey bridge
- Ballsbridge
- Bamber Bridge
- Banbridge
- Barton and Pooley Bridge
- bascule bridge
- Bason Bridge
- Beam Bridge
- Beazleys Bridge
- Beitbridge
- Bellbridge
- Bells Bridge
- bicycle bridge
- Biffin's bridge
- bikini bridge
- Bishops Bridge
- Blythe Bridge
- Bonar Bridge
- Boroughbridge
- Bow Bridge
- bowstring bridge
- bridgable, bridgeable
- bridge-and-tunnel, bridge and tunnel
- bridge-and-tunneler
- bridgeboard
- bridge-builder
- bridgebuilding
- bridge bunny
- bridge coat
- Bridge Creek
- Bridge End, Bridgend
- Bridgeford
- bridge gang
- Bridgegate
- bridgekeeper
- bridgeless
- bridgelike
- bridgeline
- bridge loan
- bridgemaster
- bridge mix
- bridge mount
- bridgeness
- Bridgenorth
- bridge note
- Bridge of Alford
- Bridge of Allan
- Bridge of Cally
- Bridge of Don
- Bridge of Dun
- Bridge of Earn
- Bridge of Gairn
- bridge of no return
- Bridge of Orchy
- Bridge of Weir
- bridge over troubled waters
- bridge pattern
- bridge plug
- bridger
- Bridger
- bridge railing
- bridge roll
- bridge route
- Bridges
- bridge spider
- bridge strike
- bridge swallow
- bridgetender
- bridge the gap
- Bridgetown
- Bridge Trafford
- bridge translation
- bridgetree
- bridge-ward
- bridgeward
- bridgewards
- Bridgewater
- Bridgewater North
- Bridgewater On Loddon
- bridge whist
- bridge wire
- bridgewire
- bridgework
- bridgey
- brouter
- build a bridge and get over it
- build bridges
- Buridan's bridge
- Burkes Bridge
- Burn Bridge
- burn one's bridges
- Burnt Bridge
- burn that bridge when one comes to it
- Burscough Bridge
- bus bridge
- cable-stayed bridge
- Cambridge
- Cambridge Gardens
- Cambridge Gulf
- Cambridge Park
- Cambridge Plateau
- Cameron Bridge
- Campbells Bridge
- canal bridge
- Cape Bridgewater
- Carronbridge
- catenary bridge
- Catterick Bridge
- Central Bridge
- chain bridge
- changeline bridge
- clapper bridge
- Clayton Bridge
- Conon Bridge
- contract bridge
- Coonooer Bridge
- Cottles Bridge
- covered bridge
- Cowan Bridge
- cross a bridge before one comes to it
- crossbridge
- cross that bridge when one comes to it
- cross that bridge when one gets there
- cross that bridge when one gets to it
- cyberbridge
- Dadswells Bridge
- Daltons Bridge
- deck bridge
- Derwent Bridge
- Devil's Bridge
- disulfide bridge
- Double Bridge
- drawbridge
- draw bridge
- draw-bridge
- duckboard bridge
- Dunbridge
- Dunford Bridge
- Dunsop Bridge
- duplicate bridge
- Eamont Bridge
- Egton Bridge
- Einstein-Rosen bridge
- ER bridge
- E-R bridge
- Ewood Bridge
- Fairbridge
- Faulconbridge
- Fenny Bridges
- floating bridge
- flybridge
- flying bridge
- footbridge
- Fords Bridge
- forebridge
- fore-bridge
- frame bridge
- glute bridge
- go jump off a bridge
- Gorebridge
- Grays Bridge
- Great Bridge
- green bridge
- Greta Bridge
- Guide Bridge
- Hamley Bridge
- hand bridge
- Haydon Bridge
- Heap Bridge
- Hebden Bridge
- Helwith Bridge
- Heybridge
- High Bridge
- hoist bridge
- Holmbridge
- Horns Bridge
- hose bridge
- Howe Bridge
- Hubberts Bridge
- humpback bridge
- Hunton Bridge
- Hurstbridge
- ice bridge
- if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it
- I have a bridge to sell you
- iron bridge
- Ironbridge
- Islandbridge
- Ivybridge
- jet bridge
- Jones Bridge
- Kelvin bridge
- Kerne Bridge
- Kirwans Bridge
- land bridge
- lattice bridge
- Lea Bridge
- leaf bridge
- leg bridge
- Lethbridge
- Lethbridge Park
- lift bridge
- lifting bridge
- London Bridge
- low bridge
- Mabey bridge
- Maguiresbridge
- Malin Bridge
- Manhattan Bridge
- Marple Bridge
- Maryland bridge
- Maxwell bridge
- media bridge
- Menai Bridge
- Metal Bridge
- microbridge
- Millbridge
- Milnes Bridge
- Mongans Bridge
- monkey bridge
- movable bridge
- multibridge
- Murray bridge
- Murray Bridge
- Murray Bridge East
- Murray Bridge North
- Murray Bridge South
- Murray loop bridge
- Murrays Bridge
- Murrin Bridge
- Mylor Bridge
- nanobridge
- Natural Bridge
- Nethy Bridge
- Newbridge
- Newby Bridge
- Newnham Bridge
- nonbridge
- northbridge, Northbridge
- Norton Bridge
- nose bridge
- oblique bridge
- occupation bridge
- Oresund Bridge
- Øresund Bridge
- Öresund Bridge
- overbridge
- over bridge
- overhead bridge restaurant
- packhorse bridge
- paint bridge
- Park Bridge
- Pateley Bridge
- Paytens Bridge
- pedestrian bridge
- Perry Bridge
- pivot bridge
- platform bridge
- Platt Bridge
- ponton bridge
- pontoon bridge
- Pooley Bridge
- Pumphreys Bridge
- Pye Bridge
- rainbow bridge
- Ranges Bridge
- rebridge
- Redbridge
- Rhymney Bridge
- road bridge, roadbridge
- Roman Bridge
- rope bridge
- Rossbridge
- roving bridge
- royal auction bridge
- Roybridge, Roy Bridge
- rubber bridge
- Rumbling Bridge
- Russells Bridge
- salt bridge
- Sankey Bridges
- Schering bridge
- Sennybridge
- Shotley Bridge
- signal bridge
- Skelwith Bridge
- skew bridge
- skybridge
- sleep under the same bridge
- Smithy Bridge
- snake bridge
- snow bridge
- southbridge
- Sowerby Bridge
- space bridge
- Spean Bridge
- speedbridge
- speed bridge
- Spences Bridge
- Staceys Bridge
- Stalybridge
- Stamford Bridge
- Stanford Bridge
- Steen's Bridge
- Stonebridge
- Stourbridge
- straight bridge
- Sunderland Bridge
- suspension bridge
- Sutton Bridge
- swing bridge, swingbridge
- Tahara Bridge
- Teignbridge
- telebridge
- Three Bridges
- through bridge
- toll bridge
- Tonebridge
- Tower Bridge
- transporter bridge
- Trent Bridge
- trestle bridge
- truss bridge
- Tunbridge
- turnover bridge
- unbridgeable
- underbridge
- Uxbridge
- vertical-lift bridge
- Victoria Bridge
- Vierendeel bridge
- Wadebridge
- Wadsley Bridge
- Wando Bridge
- water bridge
- water under the bridge
- weighbridge
- Wentbridge
- Weybridge
- Whaley Bridge
- Wheatstone bridge
- Whitebridge
- Wien bridge
- wildlife bridge
- wire bridge
- Wisemans Bridge
- Witton Bridge
- Woodbridge
- Wootton Bridge
Translations
Verb
bridge (third-person singular simple present bridges, present participle bridging, simple past and past participle bridged)Category:English lemmas#BRIDGECategory:English verbs#BRIDGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- To be or make a bridge over something.
- With enough cable, we can bridge this gorge.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- 1947 January and February, H. A. Vallance, “The Sea Wall at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:
- On this occasion, the damage was far more serious. The sea wall was breached completely for a distance of over 50 yd., and the gap had to be bridged by a temporary timber viaduct.Category:English terms with quotations#BRIDGE
- To span as if with a bridge.
- The two groups were able to bridge their differences.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:
- Before another word was spoken Inspector Beedel had appeared, and the grip of bone and muscle on the straining wrists was changed to one of steel. Less than thirty seconds bridged the whole astonishing transformation.Category:English terms with quotations#BRIDGE
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 28:
- The brooding, black-clad singer bridged a stark divide that emerged in the recording industry in the 1950s, as post-Elvis pop singers diverged into two camps and audiences aligned themselves with either the sideburned rebels of rock 'n' roll or the cowboy-hatted twangsters of country music.Category:English terms with quotations#BRIDGE
- (musicCategory:en:Music#BRIDGE) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
- We need to bridge that jam into "The Eleven".Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- (computingCategory:en:Computing#BRIDGE, communicationCategory:en:Communication#BRIDGE) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
- (wrestlingCategory:en:Wrestling#BRIDGE) To go to the bridge position.
- (roller derbyCategory:en:Roller derby#BRIDGE) To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
From the earlier game biritch, probably from RussianCategory:English terms derived from Russian#BRIDGE бирю́ч (birjúč) or бири́ч (biríč); else from TurkishCategory:English terms derived from Turkish#BRIDGE bir-üç (“one-three”).[1][2]
Noun
bridge (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#BRIDGECategory:English nouns#BRIDGECategory:English uncountable nouns#BRIDGECategory:English uncountable nouns#BRIDGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:en:Card games#BRIDGE) Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.
- Hypernyms: card game < gameCategory:English links with manual fragments#BRIDGE < amusementCategory:English links with manual fragments#BRIDGE, diversionCategory:English links with manual fragments#BRIDGE < activityCategory:English links with manual fragments#BRIDGE
- Hyponyms: contract bridge, bridge (contract bridge sense), rubber bridge, duplicate bridge; auction bridge, royal auction bridge
- Bidding is an essential element of the game of bridge.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
- (usually) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
- Synonym: contract bridge
- Hypernyms: bridge (broad sense) < card game < gameCategory:English links with manual fragments#BRIDGE < amusementCategory:English links with manual fragments#BRIDGE, diversionCategory:English links with manual fragments#BRIDGE < activityCategory:English links with manual fragments#BRIDGE
- Hyponyms: rubber bridge, duplicate bridge
- Coordinate terms: auction bridge, royal auction bridge
- She played in a bridge tournament in Las Vegas last year.Category:English terms with usage examples#BRIDGE
Translations
References
- ↑ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “bridge”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “bridge”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Category:en:Bridge#BRIDGECategory:en:Bridges#BRIDGEBasque
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Basque terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Basque terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge ?Category:Basque lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Basque nouns#BRIDGECategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Requests for gender in Basque entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:eu:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Catalan terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge m (plural bridges)Category:Catalan lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Catalan nouns#BRIDGECategory:Catalan countable nouns#BRIDGECategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Catalan masculine nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:ca:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
Danish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Danish terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Danish terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /britsj/, [ˈb̥ʁid̥ɕ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#BRIDGE
Noun
bridge c (singular definite bridgen, not used in plural form)Category:Danish lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Danish nouns#BRIDGECategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Danish common-gender nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
Declension
| common gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bridge | bridgen |
| genitive | bridges | bridgens |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brɪdʒ/, /brɪtʃ/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#BRIDGE (/r/ may be realised as [ɹ])
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#BRIDGEAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: bridge
Etymology 1
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Dutch terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge n (uncountable, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Dutch nouns#BRIDGECategory:Dutch uncountable nouns#BRIDGECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Dutch neuter nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- Category:nl:Card games#BRIDGEbridge (card game)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Bridge (kaartspel) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bridgeCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#BRIDGECategory:Dutch verb forms#BRIDGECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- inflection of bridgen:
Faroese
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Faroese terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Faroese terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge ?Category:Faroese lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Faroese nouns#BRIDGECategory:Faroese entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Requests for gender in Faroese entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:fo:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
Finnish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Finnish terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbridɡe/, [ˈbridɡe̞]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#BRIDGECategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#BRIDGE
- IPA(key): /ˈbridʒ/, [ˈbridʒ]Category:Finnish 1-syllable words#BRIDGECategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#BRIDGE
- Rhymes: -idɡeCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/idɡe#BRIDGECategory:Rhymes:Finnish/idɡe/2 syllables#BRIDGE
- Syllabification(key): brid‧ge
- Hyphenation(key): brid‧ge
Noun
bridgeCategory:Finnish lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Finnish nouns#BRIDGECategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
Declension
| Inflection of bridge (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bridge | bridget | |
| genitive | bridgen | bridgejen | |
| partitive | bridgeä | bridgejä | |
| illative | bridgeen | bridgeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | bridge | bridget | |
| accusative | nom. | bridge | bridget |
| gen. | bridgen | ||
| genitive | bridgen | bridgejen bridgein rare | |
| partitive | bridgeä | bridgejä | |
| inessive | bridgessä | bridgeissä | |
| elative | bridgestä | bridgeistä | |
| illative | bridgeen | bridgeihin | |
| adessive | bridgellä | bridgeillä | |
| ablative | bridgeltä | bridgeiltä | |
| allative | bridgelle | bridgeille | |
| essive | bridgenä | bridgeinä | |
| translative | bridgeksi | bridgeiksi | |
| abessive | bridgettä | bridgeittä | |
| instructive | — | bridgein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bridge”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:French terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Pronunciation
Noun
bridge m (uncountable)Category:French lemmas#BRIDGECategory:French nouns#BRIDGECategory:French uncountable nouns#BRIDGECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:French masculine nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
Further reading
- “bridge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Indonesian terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge (plural bridge-bridge)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Indonesian nouns#BRIDGECategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:id:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Italian terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Italian terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Pronunciation
Noun
bridge m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Italian nouns#BRIDGECategory:Italian countable nouns#BRIDGECategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#BRIDGECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Italian masculine nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:it:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
Derived terms
References
- ↑ bridge in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Limburgish
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Limburgish terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Limburgish terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge ?Category:Limburgish lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Limburgish nouns#BRIDGECategory:Limburgish entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Requests for gender in Limburgish entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGECategory:Limburgish nouns#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:li:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge m (definite singular bridgen, uncountable)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#BRIDGECategory:Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns#BRIDGECategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- bridge (card game)
References
- “bridge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge m (definite singular bridgen, uncountable)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#BRIDGECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns#BRIDGECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
References
- “bridge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English#BRIDGECategory:Portuguese terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɾi.d͡ʒɨ/ [ˈbɾi.ðʒɨ]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#BRIDGECategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#BRIDGE
Noun
bridge m (uncountable)Category:Portuguese lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Portuguese nouns#BRIDGECategory:Portuguese uncountable nouns#BRIDGECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
Further reading
- “bridge”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “bridge”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Romanian unadapted borrowings from English#BRIDGECategory:Romanian terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge n (plural bridge-uri)Category:Romanian lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Romanian nouns#BRIDGECategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#BRIDGECategory:Romanian countable nouns#BRIDGECategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Romanian neuter nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:ro:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
- a game of bridge
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | bridge | bridge-ul | bridge-uri | bridge-urile |
| genitive-dative | bridge | bridge-ului | bridge-uri | bridge-urilor |
| vocative | bridge-ule | bridge-urilor | ||
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Saterland Frisian terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Saterland Frisian terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge ? (plural [please provide])Category:Saterland Frisian lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Saterland Frisian nouns#BRIDGECategory:Saterland Frisian entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Requests for gender in Saterland Frisian entries#BRIDGECategory:Requests for inflections in Saterland Frisian entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:stq:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
Sicilian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Sicilian terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Sicilian terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Noun
bridge ?Category:Sicilian lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Sicilian nouns#BRIDGECategory:Sicilian entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Requests for gender in Sicilian entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:scn:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Spanish terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Pronunciation
Noun
bridge m (uncountable)Category:Spanish lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Spanish nouns#BRIDGECategory:Spanish uncountable nouns#BRIDGECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Spanish masculine nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:es:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
Further reading
- “bridge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Swedish terms derived from English#BRIDGE.
Noun
bridge cCategory:Swedish lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Swedish nouns#BRIDGECategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:sv:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bridge | bridges |
| definite | bridgen | bridgens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Welsh terms borrowed from English#BRIDGECategory:Welsh terms derived from English#BRIDGE bridge.
Pronunciation
Noun
bridge mCategory:Welsh lemmas#BRIDGECategory:Welsh nouns#BRIDGECategory:Welsh countable nouns#BRIDGECategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#BRIDGECategory:Welsh masculine nouns#BRIDGECategory:Pages with entries#BRIDGECategory:Pages with 20 entries#BRIDGE
- (card gamesCategory:cy:Card games#BRIDGE) bridge (card game)