"bridal shower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bridal showers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bridal shower (plural bridal showers)
  1. (US) A party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding, involving guests (typically female friends and relatives) giving her gifts. Wikipedia link: bridal shower Tags: US Categories (topical): Marriage Synonyms: kitchen tea [South-Africa], shower, shower tea [Australia], wedding shower Related terms: bachelorette party, hen party Translations (celebration): কন্যার গোসল (konnar gōśol) (Bengali), polttarit [plural] (Finnish), Polterabend [masculine] (German), cóisir bhrídeoige [feminine] (Irish), addio al nubilato (Italian), rai pengantin (Malay), Pulta'owent [masculine] (Plautdietsch)

Inflected forms

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