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English
Pronunciation
Noun
bort (countable and uncountable, plural borts)
- Poor-quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.
- 1931, Business Week, Issues 82-94, page 25,
- Bits that would require 4 to 16 carbonadoes are now set with 40 to 80 borts.
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian борт (bort), from Dutch boord.
Noun
bort (definite accusative bortu, plural bortlar)
- (nautical, aviation) board, side
Declension
Further reading
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”). Cognate with German Wort, English word.
Noun
bort n
- (Sappada) word
References
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”). Cognate with German Wort, English word.
Noun
bort n (plural börtar)
- (Luserna, Tredici Comuni) word
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Czech
Etymology
First known occurrence of the expression in the Czech language (16th century) was in the sense side (of a gutter or hole). From early Middle High German bord, bort ("side", especially of a ship; originally "a board", "a plank"). This comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“cut”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
bort m inan
- (nautical) board, side of a ship
Declension
Declension of bort (hard masculine inanimate)
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bort”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 93
Further reading
- “bort”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “bort”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse burt, brott, braut, originally an adverbial accusative of the noun braut (“way”). For the semantic development of the noun, compare English away, German weg (“away”) (hence Danish væk.
Pronunciation
Adverb
bort
- away, off (things, people that are in motion)
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Etymology 2
From Middle Low German borde, from Proto-Germanic *burdô (“rim, edging”), cognate with German Borte. Probably related to *burdą (“board”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bort c (singular definite borten, plural indefinite borter)
- border, edging, trimming
- band, ribbon
Declension
Hungarian
Etymology
From bor (“wine”) + -t (accusative suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
bort
- accusative singular of bor
- Bort rendeltek. ― They ordered wine.
Derived terms
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu.
Adverb
bort
- away
- gå bort ― to pass away
- gifte bort sin datter ― give one's daughter away (in marriage)
Derived terms
Preposition
bort
- away
References
- “bort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu.
Pronunciation
Adverb
bort
- away
- gå bort ― to pass away
Derived terms
Preposition
bort
- away
See also
References
- “bort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse burt, brott, braut.
Pronunciation
Adverb
bort
- away, off
- Synonym: (colloquial) väck
De seglade bort mot horisonten- They sailed away towards the horizon
Jag får inte bort fläcken- I can't get the stain off
Bort med dig!- Away with you!
Derived terms
Verb
bort
- supine of böra
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Further reading