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Bridge Definition

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English

A bridge (sense 1)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycg, from Proto-Germanic *brugjōn (cf. West Frisian brêge, Dutch brug, German Brücke), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrēuā (cf. Gaulish bríva ‘bridge’, Old Church Slavonic brŭvŭno ‘beam’, brivno ‘log’).

Noun

A bridge (sense 1) The bridge of a violin

bridge (plural bridges)

  1. A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
    The rope bridge crosses the river.
  2. (anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
    Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.
  3. (medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
    ECMO is used as a bridge to surgery to stabilize the patient
  4. (dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
    The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.
  5. (nautical) 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.
  6. (music) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
  7. (computing) 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.
  8. (communication) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2.
    The LAN bridge uses a spanning tree algorithm.
  9. (music) A song contained within another song, often demarcated by meter, key, or melody.
    The lyrics in the song's bridge inverted its meaning.
  10. (chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
  11. (electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
  12. (electronics) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
  13. (billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
  14. (billiards, snooker, 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.
  15. (diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
  16. (graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
Derived terms
Translations
construction or natural feature that spans a divide
  • Latvian: tilts lv(lv) m.
  • Lingala: gwagwa, gbagba (pl bagbagba)
  • Lithuanian: tiltas lt(lt) m.
  • Lower Sorbian: móst m.
  • Malay: please add this translation if you can
  • Malayalam: പാലം (paalam)
  • Maltese: pont mt(mt) m.
  • Maori: please add this translation if you can
  • Mongolian: гүүр тавих (güür tavih)
  • Nepali: पुल ne(ne)
  • Norwegian: bro no(no) m. and f., bru no(no) m. and f.
  • Occitan: pònt
  • Old English: brycg ang(ang) f.
  • Oriya: please add this translation if you can
  • Ossetic: хид (xid)
  • Persian: پل fa(fa) (pol)
  • Polish: most pl(pl) m.
  • Portuguese: ponte pt(pt) f.
  • Punjabi: ਪੁਲ
  • Romanian: pod punte
  • Romansch: punt m.
  • Russian: мост ru(ru) (most) m.
  • Samoan: please add this translation if you can
  • Sanskrit: सेतुः
  • Scottish Gaelic: drochaid f.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: мост sr(sr) m., ћуприја sr(sr) f. (arch./poetic)
    Roman: most m., ćuprija f. (arch./poetic)
  • Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
  • Slovak: most sk(sk) m.
  • Slovene: most sl(sl) m.
  • Spanish: puente es(es) m., bóveda es(es) f. (El Salvador)
  • Swahili: daraja sw(sw)
  • Swedish: bro sv(sv) c.
  • Tahitian: 'ē'a turu
  • Tamil: please add this translation if you can
  • Telugu: వారధి, వంతెన, సేతువు
  • Thai: สะพาน th(th) (sàpaan)
  • Tongan: please add this translation if you can
  • Turkish: köprü tr(tr)
  • Ukrainian: міст uk(uk) (mist) m. (plural: мости uk(uk) (mostý) pl.)
  • Upper Sorbian: please add this translation if you can
  • Urdu: پل ur(ur) (pul) m.
  • Uyghur: كۆۋرۈك ug(ug)
  • Vietnamese: cầu vi(vi)
  • Welsh: pont cy(cy), pontydd cy(cy) pl.
  • West Frisian: brêge
  • Yiddish: בריק yi(yi) (brik) f.
bony ridge of the nose
  • Armenian: քթարմատ hy(hy) (k't'armat)
  • Danish: næseben da(da) n.
  • Finnish: nenän selkä fi(fi)
  • Greek: ράχη el(el) (ráchi) f., άκανθα el(el) (ákantha) f.
replacement for teeth
  • Italian: ponte it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 冠橋義歯 ja(ja) ((かんきょうぎし, kankyo gishi))
  • Polish: most pl(pl) m., mostek pl(pl) m.
  • Russian: мост ru(ru) (most) m.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: протеза sr(sr) f.
    Roman: proteza f.
  • Slovene: mostiček sl(sl) m.
  • Spanish: puente es(es) m.
  • Turkish: köprü tr(tr)
nautical
  • Armenian: նավապետի կամրջակ hy(hy) (navapeti kamrǰak)
  • Bosnian: kapetanski mostić bs(bs) m.
  • Bulgarian: мостик bg(bg) m.
  • Croatian: Komandni most hr(hr) m.
  • Finnish: komentosilta fi(fi)
  • French: passerelle fr(fr) f.
  • German: Brücke de(de) f.
  • Greek: γέφυρα el(el) (géfyra) f.
  • Hungarian: híd hu(hu)
  • Japanese: 船橋 ja(ja), 船橋 ja(ja) ((せんきょう, senkyo))
  • Polish: mostek kapitański pl(pl) m.
communications
chemistry
  • Russian: мостик ru(ru) (móstik) m.
piece on string instruments
  • French: chevalet fr(fr) m.
  • Greek: καβαλάρης el(el) (kavaláris) m.
  • Portuguese: cavalete pt(pt) m.

Etymology 2

Name of an older card game biritch, probably Russian - OED, or probably from Turkish bir-üç, "one-three". [1][2]

Noun

bridge (uncountable)

  1. (card games) A card game played normally with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
    Bidding is an essential element of the game "Bridge".
Translations
card game

References

  1. ^ "bridge." *OED 2nd edition. 1989. (online)
  2. ^ "bridge." Online Etymology Dictionary. 2008.

Etymology 3

From Old English brycġian.

Verb

to bridge (third-person singular simple present bridges, present participle bridging, simple past and past participle bridged)

  1. To be or make a bridge over something.
    With enough cable, we can bridge this gorge.
  2. To span as if with a bridge.
    The two groups were able to bridge their differences.
  3. (music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
    We need to bridge that jam into "The Eleven".
Translations
to span as if with a bridge
  • Hungarian: áthidal hu(hu)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From English bridge.

Pronunciation

Noun

bridge m. (plural bridges)

  1. (card games) bridge

Italian

Noun

bridge m. inv.

  1. bridge (card game)

Related terms

Swedish

Noun

bridge c.

  1. Bridge; a game of cards.

Declension

Declension of bridge
uncountable uncountable
Common indefinite definite
nominative bridge bridgen
genitive bridges bridgens

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