different between brideprice vs dowry

English

Noun

brideprice (plural brideprices)

1. Alternative spelling of bride price

English

Etymology

From Middle English dowarye, dowerie, from Anglo-Norman dowarie, douarie, from Old French douaire, from Medieval Latin d?t?rium, from Latin d?s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?da???i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?da??i/
• Rhymes: -a???i, -a??i
• Rhymes: -a??i

Noun

dowry (countable and uncountable, plural dowries)

1. Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
2. (less common) Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price.
3. (obsolete) Dower.
4. A natural gift or talent.

Antonyms

• dower
• bride price

Hypernyms

• marriage portion

Hyponyms

• (bride price): lobola

Related terms

• reverse dowry
• dowager
• endow

Translations

Verb

dowry (third-person singular simple present dowries, present participle dowrying, simple past and past participle dowried)

1. To bestow a dowry upon.
   • 1999, Judith Everard, Michael C. E. Jones, Charters Duchess Constance Br, Page xvi
   • 2013 Noreen Giffney, Margrit Shildrick, Theory on the Edge: Irish Studies and the Politics of Sexual Difference, Page 62

See also

• glory box
• hope chest
• trousseau

References

Anagrams

• rowdy, wordy

Middle English

Noun

dowry

1. Alternative form of dowarye