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English
Etymology 1
See board .
Noun
bord (plural bords )
Obsolete form of board .
1898 , Herbert William Hughes, A Text-book of Coal-mining , page 154 :A jenkin is then carried up the pillar alongside the old bords [ …]
Obsolete form of bourd .
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.[ 1]
Noun
bord (plural bords )
( mining ) The coalface parallel to the natural fissures .
References
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Late Latin burdus ("bastard").
Pronunciation
Adjective
bord (feminine borda , masculine plural bords , feminine plural bordes )
bastard
Synonyms: bastard , expòsit , ( archaic ) bordegàs
( botany ) false
barren , not yielding fruit ( of a fruit tree )
Derived terms
Noun
bord m (plural bords , feminine borda )
bastard
Synonyms: bastard , expòsit
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish bordo , from Frankish *bord . Doublet of borda .
Noun
bord m (plural bords )
( nautical ) board ( side of a ship )
( nautical ) gunwale
Synonym: borda
Derived terms
Further reading
Cornish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old English bord ( “ board ” ) .
Noun
bord m (plural bordys )
( Revived Late Cornish ) A table
Synonym: moos
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Mutation
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 )
A table , desk
A plank ( in a ship )
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bord
imperative of borde
Dutch
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
Noun
bord n (plural borden , diminutive bordje n )
a plate , dish (cutlery )
a plank , board ( as in "blackboard" (see schoolbord ) or as in "chessboard" (see schaakbord ) )
a sign ( traffic, etc. )
Derived 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 )
a border , edge , limit ; boundary
a side
a rim
a shore
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Irish
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 )
A board
table
Synonym: ( Ulster ) tábla
A board, panel ( of experts, etc. ) , council
( topography ) border
( nautical ) board, side
gunwale
deck
load
Declension
Alternative plural form: borda ( used in certain prepositional phrases )
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “bord ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “bord ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “bord ”, in English-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm
“bord ”, in New English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English bord .
Pronunciation
Noun
bord (plural bordes or borden )
A board or slab ( usually of wood )
A piece of wood for writing upon.
A table ( especially one used for craftsmanship ) .
( religion ) An altar ; a table used for religious purposes.
A dining table or its surface .
A serving or helping of food and drink; nourishment .
A seafaring vessel ; a boat .
The direction a boat is headed in.
A shield ( board of protective armour ) .
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Descendants
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Etymology 2
Noun
bord
Alternative form of bourde
Etymology 3
Verb
bord
Alternative form of bourden
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse borð .
Noun
bord m (plural bords )
( Jersey , nautical ) board ( side of a ship )
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse borð , from Proto-Germanic *burdą .
Pronunciation
Noun
bord n (definite singular bordet , indefinite plural bord or border , definite plural borda or bordene )
A table ( furniture )
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 )
border ( decorative strip )
References
“bord” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse borð , from Proto-Germanic *burdą .
Pronunciation
Noun
bord n (definite singular bordet , indefinite plural bord , definite plural borda )
( furniture ) A table
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 )
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
board , plank
table
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 ."
( poetic ) shield
Declension
Strong a -stem:
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Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bord .
Noun
bord n (plural borduri )
side of a ship 's deck
Declension
Swedish
ett bord (köksbord ) och stolar
Etymology
From Old Norse borð , from Proto-Germanic *burdą .
Pronunciation
Noun
bord n
A table ( a piece of furniture )
( nautical ) A plank used in the side of a hull, a strake
Declension
Derived terms
See also
tabell ( “ table (other senses) ” )
References
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English board .
Pronunciation
Noun
bord (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔ )
board ( long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material )
board ( surface for a board game )
Synonym: tabla
board ( short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc. )
Synonym: pisara
board ( managing committee )
Synonyms: lupon , kalupunan , konseho , hunta
board ( regular meals or amount paid for them in a place of lodging )
Synonym: pagkain
See also
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh bort , from Old English bord ( “ board ” ) ; doublet of bwrdd .
Pronunciation
Noun
bord f (plural bordydd )
( South Wales ) table ( item of furniture )
Synonym: bwrdd
food and drink , hospitality , sustenance
( nautical ) side ( of a ship )
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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