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

English

Etymology 1

See board.

Noun

bord (plural bords)

  1. Obsolete form of board.
  2. Obsolete form of bourd.
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

bord (plural bords)

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

References

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin burdus ("bastard").

Pronunciation

Adjective

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)
Derived terms

Noun

bord m (plural bords, feminine borda)

  1. bastard
    Synonyms: bastard, expòsit
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bord m (plural bords)

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

Further reading

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English bord (“board”).

Noun

bord m (plural bordys)

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

Derived terms

Mutation

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

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. A table, desk
  3. A plank (in a ship)
Declension
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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bord

  1. imperative of borde

Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

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

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bord, from Frankish *bord.

Pronunciation

Noun

bord m (plural bords)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

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)

Derived terms

Mutation

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.

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bord.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

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).
Derived terms
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Noun

bord

  1. Alternative form of bourde

Etymology 3

Verb

bord

  1. Alternative form of bourden

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse borð.

Noun

bord m (plural bords)

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

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish bord.

Pronunciation

Noun

bord n (definite singular bordet, indefinite plural bord or border, definite plural borda or bordene)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. border (decorative strip)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːr/, /buːɽ/
  • (Trøndelag, Toten) IPA(key): /buːɭ/ (see bol)

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

  1. border (decorative strip)
    Synonym: borde

References

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

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bord.

Noun

bord n (plural borduri)

  1. side of a ship's deck

Declension

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bord n

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

table
board

See also

  • tabell (“table (other senses)”)

References

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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)

Derived terms

Mutation

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

  • 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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