Bor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bor"

Translingual

Proper noun

Bor

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Norman Loftus Bor (1893-1972).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Proper noun

Bor

1. A town in the Czech Republic
2. One of several villages in Russia
3. A town in Serbia
4. A city in South Sudan
5. A village in Catalonia, Spain
6. A village in Sweden
7. A town in Turkey

Anagrams

• ORB, ROB, Rob, bro, bro., orb, rob

Alemannic German

En Bor. Alicante, Spanie.

Etymology

From Italian porro (“leek, wart”), from Latin porrum.

Noun

Bor m

1. (Uri) wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

German

Chemical element
B
Previous: Beryllium (Be)
Next: Kohlenstoff (C)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːɐ̯/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

Bor n (strong, genitive Bors, no plural)

1. boron

Declension

Declension of Bor [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bor
genitive	eines	des	Bors
dative	einem	dem	Bor
accusative	ein	das	Bor

Coordinate terms

• (chemical element): Previous: Beryllium. Next: Kohlenstoff

Further reading

• “Bor” in Duden online
• “Bor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Noun

Bor m (uncountable)

1. boron

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *boriti (“to fight”), bór (“conifer forest”), or personal names such as Borzysław and Borzymir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr
• Syllabification: Bor
• Homophones: bohr, Bohr, bor, BOR

Proper noun

Bor m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bor

	singular	plural
nominative	Bor	Borowie
genitive	Bora	Borów
dative	Borowi	Borom
accusative	Bora	Borów
instrumental	Borem	Borami
locative	Borze	Borach
vocative	Borze	Borowie

Proper noun

Bor f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Turkish

Bor ilçesi

Etymology

From Greek Πόρος (Póros)

Proper noun

Bor

1. A town and district in Niğde province, Turkey

Declension

    declension of Bor

	singular	plural
nominative	Bor	Borlar / Bor'lar
accusative	Bor'u	Borları / Bor'ları
dative	Bor'a	Borlara / Bor'lara
locative	Bor'da	Borlarda / Bor'larda
ablative	Bor'dan	Borlardan / Bor'lardan
genitive	Bor'un	Borların / Bor'ların

    possessive of Bor

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Bor'um	Borlarım / Bor'larım
senin (your)	Bor'un	Borların / Bor'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Bor'u	Borları / Bor'ları
bizim (our)	Bor'umuz	Borlarımız / Bor'larımız
sizin (your)	Bor'unuz	Borlarınız / Bor'larınız
onların (their)	Bor'u / Borları / Bor'ları	Borları / Bor'ları

Derived terms

• Borlu

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Bor”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)