bridge

Etymology 1
From, from , from , , from ,.

Cognate with 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The verb is from, from , derived from the noun. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (whence Modern German ).

The musical connection sense is a, from.

Noun



 * 1) A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
 * 2) A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
 * 3)  The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
 * 4)  A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
 * 5)  The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
 * 6) An arch or superstructure.
 * 7)  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.
 * 8)   The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
 * 9)  A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
 * 10)  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.
 * 11) 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.
 * 12)  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.
 * 13)  A similar position in gymnastics.
 * 14) A connection, real or abstract.
 * 15)  A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
 * 16)  A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
 * 17)  A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
 * 18)  A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
 * 19)  An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
 * 20)  An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
 * 21)  A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
 * 22)  An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
 * 23)  A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
 * 24)  A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
 * 25) A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
 * 26)  In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
 * 27)  Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
 * 28) A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
 * 29)  The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
 * 30) A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
 * 31)  An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
 * 32)  A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
 * 1)  An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
 * 2)  A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
 * 3)  A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
 * 4) A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
 * 5)  In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
 * 6)  Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
 * 7) A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
 * 8)  The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
 * 9) A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
 * 10)  An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
 * 11)  A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
 * 1)  An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
 * 2)  A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.

Verb

 * 1) To be or make a bridge over something.
 * 2) To span as if with a bridge.
 * 3)  To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
 * 4)  To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
 * 5)  To go to the bridge position.
 * 6)  To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
 * 1)  To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
 * 2)  To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
 * 3)  To go to the bridge position.
 * 4)  To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
 * 1)  To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)

Translations

 * Czech: přemostit
 * Finnish: rakentaa silta jonkin yli, silloittaa
 * German:
 * Ido: pontifar
 * Maori: kahupapa
 * Mongolian: гүүр тавих
 * Quechua: chakachay
 * Slovak: premostiť
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, silloittaa
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: премостува
 * Maori: kahupapa
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: prekonať
 * Swedish:
 * Tongan: hala fakakavakava


 * French:
 * German:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: sillata
 * French:
 * Macedonian: премостува


 * Finnish: sillata

Etymology 2
From the earlier game, probably from or ; else from.

Noun

 * 1)   A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
 * Bidding is an essential element of the game of bridge.

Translations

 * Arabic: بْرِيدْج
 * Belarusian: брыдж
 * Bulgarian: бридж
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: bridž
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: briggj, bridge
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ברידג׳
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: bridds
 * Irish: beiriste
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ブリッジ
 * Korean: 브리지
 * Latvian: bridžs
 * Macedonian: бриџ
 * Malay: brij
 * Maori: piriti
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: bridge
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бриџ
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: bridž
 * Slovene: bridž
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: брідж
 * Welsh:

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