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bord

See also: Bord, borð, bòrd, bórd, börd, börð, and bǫrð

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

See board.

Noun edit

bord (plural bords)

  1. Obsolete form of board. [11th–17th c.]
  2. Obsolete form of bourd. [14th–17th c.]
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Etymology 2 edit

From board, which is also a less common variant of bord; probably from the former practice of laying boards in mine passageways to form a relatively smooth surface along which the coal was dragged in sledges.[1]

Noun edit

bord (plural bords)

  1. (mining) The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.

References edit

  1. ^ “bord”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Late Latin burdus ("bastard").

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

bord (feminine borda, masculine plural bords, feminine plural bordes)

  1. bastard
    Synonyms: bastard, expòsit, (archaic) bordegàs
  2. (botany) false
  3. barren, not yielding fruit (of a fruit tree)
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Noun edit

bord m (plural bords, feminine borda)

  1. bastard
    Synonyms: bastard, expòsit
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Spanish bordo, from Frankish *bord. Doublet of borda.

Noun edit

bord m (plural bords)

  1. (nautical) board (side of a ship)
  2. (nautical) gunwale
    Synonym: borda
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Further reading edit

Cornish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old English bord (“board”).

Noun edit

bord m (plural bordys)

  1. (Revived Late Cornish) A table
    Synonym: moos

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Mutation edit

  Mutation of bord  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
bord vord unchanged pord ford vord

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse borð, from Proto-Germanic *burdą, cognate with English board, German Bord.

Noun edit

bord n (singular definite bordet, plural indefinite borde or (in the sense “plank”) bord)

  1. A table, desk
  3. A plank (in a ship)
Declension edit
Declension of bord
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bord bordet borde
(in the sense “plank”) bord 		bordene
genitive bords bordets bordes
(in the sense “plank”) bords 		bordenes
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

bord

  1. imperative of borde

Dutch edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch bort, from Old Dutch *bort, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą. Doublet of boord (“board of a ship”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bɔrt/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: bord
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun edit

bord n (plural borden, diminutive bordje n)

  1. A plate, dish (cutlery)
  2. A plank, board (as in "blackboard" (see schoolbord) or as in "chessboard" (see schaakbord))
  3. A sign (traffic, etc.).

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Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: bord
  • Negerhollands: bort
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: bort
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bort
  • → Papiamentu: bòrchi (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: bortu

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French bord, from Frankish *bord.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bord m (plural bords)

  1. a border, edge, limit ; boundary
  2. a side
  3. a rim
  4. a shore

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Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish bord (“border, board”) (compare Manx boayrd, Scottish Gaelic bòrd), from Old English bord (“plank, table”).

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Noun edit

bord m (genitive singular boird, nominative plural boird or borda)

  1. A board
    1. table
      Synonym: (Ulster) tábla
  2. A board, panel (of experts, etc.), council
  3. (topography) border
  4. (nautical) board, side
  5. gunwale
  6. deck
  7. load

Declension edit

Declension of bord

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bord boird
Vocative a bhoird a bhorda
Genitive boird bord
Dative bord boird

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bord na boird
Genitive an bhoird na mbord
Dative leis an mbord

don bhord

leis na boird

  • Alternative plural form: borda (used in certain prepositional phrases)

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bord bhord mbord
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old English bord.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bord (plural bordes or borden)

  1. A board or slab (usually of wood)
  2. A piece of wood for writing upon.
  3. A table (especially one used for craftsmanship).
    1. (religion) An altar; a table used for religious purposes.
    2. A dining table or its surface.
  4. A serving or helping of food and drink; nourishment.
  5. A seafaring vessel; a boat.
  6. The direction a boat is headed in.
  7. A shield (board of protective armour).
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

bord

  1. Alternative form of bourde

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

bord

  1. Alternative form of bourden

Norman edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Norse borð.

Noun edit

bord m (plural bords)

  1. (Jersey, nautical) board (side of a ship)

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Danish bord.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bord n (definite singular bordet, indefinite plural bord or border, definite plural borda or bordene)

  1. A table (furniture)
  2. A wooden board; plank
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Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Low German borde (“border, edge, hem”), possibly from Old Saxon *borda.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bord m (definite singular borden, indefinite plural border, definite plural bordene)

  1. border (decorative strip)

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse borð, from Proto-Germanic *burdą.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /buːr/, /buːɽ/
  • (Trøndelag, Toten) IPA(key): /buːɭ/ (see bol)

Noun edit

bord n (definite singular bordet, indefinite plural bord, definite plural borda)

  1. (furniture) A table
  2. A wooden board; plank
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Low German borde. Akin to English border and German Borte.

Noun edit

bord m (definite singular borden, indefinite plural bordar, definite plural bordane)

  1. border (decorative strip)
    Synonym: borde

References edit

  • “bord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “bord” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bord n

  1. board, plank
  2. table
  3. the side of a ship; (by extension) the ship itself
    Sē frumlida stāg on bord þæs sċipes.
    The captain climbed aboard the ship.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
      Hīe cwǣdon, "Hū dōþ wē ymb þē?" Hē andwyrde, "Weorpaþ mē ofer bord."
      They said, "What are we going to do about you?" He answered, "Throw me overboard."
  4. (poetic) shield

Declension edit

Declension of bord (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bord bord
accusative bord bord
genitive bordes borda
dative borde bordum

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bord.

Noun edit

bord n (plural borduri)

  1. side of a ship's deck

Declension edit

Declension of bord
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bord bordul (niște) borduri bordurile
genitive/dative (unui) bord bordului (unor) borduri bordurilor
vocative bordule bordurilor

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse borð, from Proto-Germanic *burdą.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bord n

  1. A table (a piece of furniture)
  2. (nautical) A plank used in the side of a hull, a strake

Declension edit

Declension of bord 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bord bordet bord borden
Genitive bords bordets bords bordens

Derived terms edit

table
board

See also edit

  • tabell (“table (other senses)”)

References edit

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Welsh bort, from Old English bord (“board”); doublet of bwrdd.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bord f (plural bordydd)

  1. (South Wales) table (item of furniture)
    Synonym: bwrdd
  2. food and drink, hospitality, sustenance
  3. (nautical) side (of a ship)

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bord ford mord unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bord”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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