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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From French abord, from aborder (“to aboard”).
Noun
abord (plural abords)
- (obsolete) The act of approaching or arriving; approach.
1777, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 77:He entered with an air so immensely conceited and affected, and, at the same Time, so uncommonly bold, that I could scarce stand his Abord […].
- (rare) A road, or means of approach.
Etymology 2
Alternative forms.
Verb
abord (third-person singular simple present abords, present participle abording, simple past and past participle aborded)
- Alternative form of aboard
1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, hardback edition, Duckworth, page 82:Mrs Hurstpierpoint aborded her with a smile.
Anagrams
- bardo, Broda, Board, Bardo, dobra, broad, Broad, Broad., Borda, dorab, B road, Dobra, board, adorb
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French , from aborder, from Old French aborder (“to hit a ship in order to board it”), from bord (“side of a ship, edge”), from Frankish *bord (“side of a ship or vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“edge, border, side”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheredh- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old High German bort (“edge, rim, rand”), Old English bord (“ship, side of a ship”), Old Norse borð (“edge, side of a vessel”). More at board.
Pronunciation
Noun
abord m (plural abords)
- (literary) the manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter
2008, Amphibiens et reptiles, →ISBN, page 80:Au premier abord, la caouanne est une tortue à très grosse tête.- At first glance, the loggerhead is a turtle with a very large head.
- (rare) the surroundings of a place
- (archaic) arrival or accessibility by water
Usage notes
- In the sense "surroundings", the word is almost always a pluralia tantum.
- The sense "manner of acting" is usually now perceived as a backformation from aborder (“to approach”), and is most common in the expression être d'un abord and variations of it.
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Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From a- + bord (“exterior of a ship”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
abord
- On board; into or within a ship or boat
- (nautical) Alongside.
Preposition
abord
- On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane.
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