bonde

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish bondæ, from Old Norse bóndi, originally a present participle of bo (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bonə/,
• Homophone: bunde

Noun

bonde c (singular definite bonden, plural indefinite bønder)

1. farmer
2. peasant
3. countryman
4. (chess) pawn
5. (card games) jack, knave

Inflection

See also

Chess pieces in Danish · skakbrikker (skak + brikker) (layout · text)
konge	dronning	tårn	løber	springer	bonde

Further reading

• “bonde” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bonde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Verb

bonde

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of binden

Anagrams

• boden

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish bonde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbonde/,
• Rhymes: -onde
• Syllabification^(key): bon‧de

Noun

bonde (slang)

1. countryside

Declension

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Gaulish *bunda, feminine form of *bundos (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn. Cognate with Piedmontese bondon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃d/
• Homophone: bondes

Noun

bonde f (plural bondes)

1. a plug, a bung

References

Further reading

• “bonde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• bedon

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bōnda, from Old Norse bóndi, from Proto-Germanic *būwandz.

Alternative forms

• bande, bounde, beonde, bond

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ(ː)nd(ə)/

Noun

bonde (plural bondes or bonden)

1. tenant farmer, bond
2. husband, head of household
3. servant, retainer

Related terms

• husbonde

Descendants

• English: bond
• Scots: bund, bond

References

• “bō̆nd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.

Adjective

bonde

1. The status of being a tenant.
2. The status of being subservient; subservience

References

• “bō̆nd(e, n.(2) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.

Etymology 2

Noun

bonde

1. Alternative form of band

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse búandi, bóndi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹bʊnːə/, /¹bʊndə/
• Rhymes: -¹ʊnːə

Noun

bonde m (definite singular bonden, indefinite plural bønder, definite plural bøndene)

1. farmer

   Synonyms: gårdbruker, gardbruker

2. (chess) pawn

Derived terms

References

• “bonde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bóndi (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi, a contraction of búandi, present participle of búa. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic bóndi, Swedish and Danish bonde, and English bond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bundə/, /²bunːə/
• Rhymes: -undə, -unːə

Noun

bonde m (definite singular bonden, indefinite plural bønder, definite plural bøndene)

1. a farmer

   Synonym: gardbrukar

   Talet på bønder har gått ned. ― The number of farmers has gone down.

2. (chess) pawn

Derived terms

References

• “bonde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bond. The tramway sense is said to have originated from coupons sold as transport tickets which looked liked bonds issued at the time.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bon‧de

Noun

bonde m (plural bondes)

1. (Brazil, archaic, economics) bond
2. (Brazil) tramway, streetcar, cable car

   Synonym: (Portugal) elétrico

3. (Brazil, slang) group of friends; gang

References

Swahili

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Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

bonde (ma class, plural mabonde)

1. valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi.

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

bonde c

1. farmer
2. (archaic) husband
3. (chess) pawn

Declension

Derived terms

• bonna-
• husbonde

Descendants

• → Finnish: bonde

See also

Chess pieces in Swedish · schackpjäser (schack + pjäser) (layout · text)
kung	dam, drottning	torn	löpare	springare, häst	bonde

Further reading

• bonde in Svensk ordbok.
• bonde in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• Boden, boden