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English

Etymology

Possibly from Old English ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”)

Noun

bor (plural bors)

  1. (Norfolk) boy

References

  1. ^ bur definition taken from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary By John R. Clark Hall, Herbert Dean Meritt, 1916.

Anagrams

Albanian

Noun

bor m

  1. boron

Catalan

Chemical element
B
Previous: beril·li (Be)
Next: carboni (C)

Pronunciation

Noun

bor m (uncountable)

  1. boron

Derived terms

Further reading

Cimbrian

Preposition

bor

  1. Unstressed form of bòr (“for”).

Czech

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech bor, from Proto-Slavic *borъ. Because in Slovak and Polish dialects it means "marsh", it is sometimes associated with Proto-Slavic *bara, meaning the same. More probably it is connected with Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-u-. Compare also borůvka.

Pronunciation

Noun

bor m inan

  1. wood consisting of pines, pine wood
    • 1834, František Škroup, “Kde domov můj” (national anthem of the Czech Republic). Lyrics by Josef Kajetán Tyl:
      Kde domov můj, kde domov můj? / Voda hučí po lučinách, / bory šumí po skalinách, / v sadě skví se jara květ, / zemský ráj to na pohled!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of bor (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative bor bory
genitive boru borů
dative boru borům
accusative bor bory
vocative bore bory
locative boru borech
instrumental borem bory
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Bor, which is a shortened form of Borax derived from Medieval Latin borax, from Arabic بورق (“būraq”), from Persian بوره (“būrah”).

Chemical element
B
Previous: berylium (Be)
Next: uhlík (C)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

bor m inan

  1. boron
Declension
Declension of bor (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative bor bory
genitive boru borů
dative boru borům
accusative bor bory
vocative bore bory
locative boru borech
instrumental borem bory
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bor1”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, pages 92–93
  2. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bor2”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 93
  3. ^ Čmejrková, Světla, Hoffmannová, Jana, Klímová, Jana (2013) Čeština v pohledu synchronním a diachronním (in Czech), →ISBN, page 433

Further reading

  • bor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

Danish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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From the stem of borax.

Noun

bor n (singular definite boret, not used in plural form)

  1. boron (chemical element)

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse borr.

Noun

bor n (singular definite boret, plural indefinite bor)

  1. drill
  2. gimlet, auger
Inflection
Declension of bor
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bor boret bor borene
genitive bors borets bors borenes

Etymology 3

See bo

Verb

bor

  1. present of bo

Etymology 4

See bore

Verb

bor

  1. imperative of bore

Hungarian

 bor on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

From a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare Cuman, Kipchak, Uyghur (bor, “wine”), ultimately from Middle Persian bōr (“reddish-brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”). Compare Ossetian бур (bur, “yellow”), Northern Kurdish bor (“grey”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bor (plural borok)

  1. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes)
  2. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable)
  3. (figuratively) wine (intoxication caused by wine)
    A bor beszél belőle. ― It must be the wine. (literally, “The wine is talking out of him/her.”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bor borok
accusative bort borokat
dative bornak boroknak
instrumental borral borokkal
causal-final borért borokért
translative borrá borokká
terminative borig borokig
essive-formal borként borokként
essive-modal — —
inessive borban borokban
superessive boron borokon
adessive bornál boroknál
illative borba borokba
sublative borra borokra
allative borhoz borokhoz
elative borból borokból
delative borról borokról
ablative bortól boroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		boré boroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		boréi borokéi
Possessive forms of bor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. borom boraim
2nd person sing. borod boraid
3rd person sing. bora borai
1st person plural borunk boraink
2nd person plural borotok boraitok
3rd person plural boruk boraik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions

References

  1. ^ bor in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • bor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bor in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse borr.

Pronunciation

Noun

bor m (genitive singular bors, nominative plural borar)

  1. drill, drill bit

Declension

declension of bor
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bor borinn borar borarnir
accusative bor borinn bora borana
dative bor bornum borum borunum
genitive bors borsins bora boranna

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch boor (“drill”).

Noun

bor (first-person possessive borku, second-person possessive bormu, third-person possessive bornya)

  1. drill, drill bit
    Synonyms: gurdi, jara
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English board, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board; plank; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to cut”). Cognate of Dutch bord.

Noun

bor (first-person possessive borku, second-person possessive bormu, third-person possessive bornya)

  1. (colloquial) board
    Synonym: papan

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔːr/
  • (Northern ME, Early ME) IPA(key): /bɑːr/

Noun

bor (plural bores)

  1. A wild or uncastrated pig; a boar.
  2. The meat or flesh of a boar.
  3. (figurative) A rough and tough individual.
  4. (rare, heraldic) A heraldic image of a boar.

Descendants

  • English: boar
  • Scots: bair
  • Yola: boar

References

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German por; from the root of Old High German beran (“to bear, carry”).

Noun

bor (m or f)

  1. height, elevation

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • bor in M. Lexer, Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bor.

Adjective

bor

  1. grey

Etymology 2

Noun

bor ?

  1. horse

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A shortening of boraks

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret, uncountable)

  1. boron (chemical element, symbol B)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse borr.

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora or borene)

bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural bor, definite plural borene)

  1. (countable) a drill, or drill bit
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

bor

  1. present of bo
  2. imperative of bore

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

A shortening of boraks

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret)

  1. (uncountable) boron (chemical element, symbol B)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse borr.

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora)

bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural borar, definite plural borane)

  1. (countable) a drill, or drill bit

References

Polish

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Chemical element
B
Previous: beryl (Be)
Next: węgiel (C)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bor m inan

  1. boron
Declension
Declension of bor
singular
nominative bor
genitive boru
dative borowi
accusative bor
instrumental borem
locative borze
vocative borze

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bor m inan

  1. (obsolete) drill bit
    Synonym: wiertło
Declension
Declension of bor
singular plural
nominative bor bory
genitive boru borów
dative borowi borom
accusative bor bory
instrumental borem borami
locative borze borach
vocative borze bory

Further reading

  • bor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Chemical element
B
Previous: beriliu (Be)
Next: carbon (C)
Bor

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bore, from stem of borax.

Noun

bor n (uncountable)

  1. boron (chemical element)
Declension
declension of bor (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bor borul
genitive/dative (unui) bor borului
vocative borule
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bord.

Noun

bor n (uncountable)

  1. brim (of a hat)
Declension
Declension of bor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bor borul (niște) boruri borurile
genitive/dative (unui) bor borului (unor) boruri borurilor
vocative borule borurilor

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borъ.

Noun

bȏr m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)

  1. pine
Declension
Declension of bor
singular plural
nominative bor borovi
genitive bora borova
dative boru borovima
accusative bor borove
vocative bore borovi
locative boru borovima
instrumental borom borovima

References

  • “bor” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq).


Chemical element
B
Previous: berilijum, bèrīlij (Be)
Next: ugljenik, ùgljīk (C)

Noun

bȏr m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)

  1. boron
Declension
Declension of bor
singular plural
nominative bor borovi
genitive bora borova
dative boru borovima
accusative bor borove
vocative bore borovi
locative boru borovima
instrumental borom borovima

References

  • “bor” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *borъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

bȍr m inan

  1. pine
Inflection
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. bòr
gen. sing. bôra
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		bòr bôra bôri
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		bôra bôrov bôrov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		bôru bôroma bôrom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		bòr bôra bôre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		bôru bôrih bôrih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		bôrom bôroma bôri

Etymology 2

Chemical element
B
Previous: berílij (Be)
Next: ogljík (C)

From New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq).

Pronunciation

Noun

bọ̑r m inan

  1. boron
Inflection
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative bór
genitive bóra
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		bór
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		—
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		—
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		—
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		bóru
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		bórom

Further reading

  • “bor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Chemical element
B
Previous: beryllium (Be)
Next: kol (C)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

bor n

  1. boron (chemical element)
Declension
Declension of bor 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bor boret — —
Genitive bors borets — —

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

bor

  1. indefinite plural of bo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

bor

  1. present indicative of bo

Anagrams

Turkish

Chemical element
B
Previous: berilyum (Be)
Next: karbon (C)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بور (bor), borrowed from French bore.

Pronunciation

Noun

bor (definite accusative boru, plural borlar)

  1. boron

Declension

Inflection
Nominative bor
Definite accusative boru
Singular Plural
Nominative bor borlar
Definite accusative boru borları
Dative bora borlara
Locative borda borlarda
Ablative bordan borlardan
Genitive borun borların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular borum borlarım
2nd singular borun borların
3rd singular boru borları
1st plural borumuz borlarımız
2nd plural borunuz borlarınız
3rd plural borları borları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular borumu borlarımı
2nd singular borunu borlarını
3rd singular borunu borlarını
1st plural borumuzu borlarımızı
2nd plural borunuzu borlarınızı
3rd plural borlarını borlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular boruma borlarıma
2nd singular boruna borlarına
3rd singular boruna borlarına
1st plural borumuza borlarımıza
2nd plural borunuza borlarınıza
3rd plural borlarına borlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular borumda borlarımda
2nd singular borunda borlarında
3rd singular borunda borlarında
1st plural borumuzda borlarımızda
2nd plural borunuzda borlarınızda
3rd plural borlarında borlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular borumdan borlarımdan
2nd singular borundan borlarından
3rd singular borundan borlarından
1st plural borumuzdan borlarımızdan
2nd plural borunuzdan borlarınızdan
3rd plural borlarından borlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular borumun borlarımın
2nd singular borunun borlarının
3rd singular borunun borlarının
1st plural borumuzun borlarımızın
2nd plural borunuzun borlarınızın
3rd plural borlarının borlarının

Upper Sorbian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

bor m inan

  1. (colloquial) foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
    Synonym: zornjaty włosanc

Declension

Declension of bor
singular dual plural
nominative bor boraj bory
genitive bora borow borow
dative borej boromaj boram
accusative bor boraj bory
instrumental borom boromaj borami
locative borje / boru boromaj borach
vocative boro / borje boraj bory

Further reading

  • “bor” in Soblex

Vurës

Pronunciation

Verb

bor

  1. (intransitive) to laugh

Noun

bor

  1. kind of large coconut leaf basket which is used for transporting food

References

The sound system and orthography of the language with audio clips.

Further reading

Catriona Malau (2011-05-05) Dictionary of Vurës

Zazaki

Etymology

Ultimately Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown”). Cognate with Persian بور (bur).

Adjective

bor

  1. grey
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