babord

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See also: bâbord

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.bɔʁ/
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Noun

babord m (plural babords)

  1. Archaic spelling of bâbord.; larboard, port (the left side of a ship)
    Antonym: tribord

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Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

From Old Norse bakborði.

Noun

babord m (plural babords)

  1. (nautical) port (left-hand side of a vessel)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse bakborð, bakborði.

Adverb

babord

  1. (nautical) aport

Noun

babord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

  1. (nautical, aviation) port (left hand side)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse bakborð, bakborði.

Adverb

babord

  1. (nautical) aport

Noun

babord (indeclinable)

  1. (nautical, aviation, uncountable) port (left hand side)

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bâbord.

Noun

babord n (plural baborduri)

  1. port (left-hand side of a vessel)

Declension

Swedish

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Etymology

From bak (back, behind) +‎ bord (bord, side of ship), i.e. the side you turned your back to when steering the vessel as the steering oar was on starboard side. Calque of Dutch bakboord. First attested in 1691.[1]

Adverb

babord (not comparable)

  1. aport, on the left side of a vessel
    Antonym: styrbord

Noun

babord n

  1. port, left side of a vessel
    Antonym: styrbord

Declension

Declension of babord 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative babord babordet
Genitive babords babordets

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