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bord

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

English

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Etymology 1

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See board.

Noun

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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

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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]

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bord (plural bords)

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

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

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Late Latin burdus ("bastard").

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Adjective

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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

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bord m (plural bords, feminine borda)

  1. bastard
    Synonyms: bastard, expòsit
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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bord m (plural bords)

  1. (nautical) board (side of a ship)
  2. (nautical) gunwale
    Synonym: borda
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Cornish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old English bord (“board”).

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bord m (plural bordys)

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

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Mutation

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

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. A table, desk
  3. A plank (in a ship)
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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
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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bord

  1. imperative of borde

Dutch

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Etymology

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

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

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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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Descendants

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

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French bord, from Frankish *bord.

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Noun

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bord m (plural bords)

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

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Irish

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Etymology

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

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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}}

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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)

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Mutation

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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.

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old English bord.

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Noun

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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

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Noun

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bord

  1. Alternative form of bourde

Etymology 3

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Verb

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bord

  1. Alternative form of bourden

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse borð.

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bord m (plural bords)

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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

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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

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

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

  1. border (decorative strip)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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

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

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

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

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

  1. border (decorative strip)
    Synonym: borde

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

Old English

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Etymology

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

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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

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

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bord.

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bord n (plural borduri)

  1. side of a ship's deck

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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

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Etymology

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

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bord n

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

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

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table
board

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  • tabell (“table (other senses)”)

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Welsh

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Etymology

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

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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)

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Mutation

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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

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  • 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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