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4-letter words (3 found)

BORD,BROD,DORB,

3-letter words (9 found)

BOD,BOR,BRO,DOB,DOR,ORB,ORD,ROB,ROD,

2-letter words (5 found)

BO,DO,OB,OD,OR,

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bord obrd brod rbod orbd robd bodr obdr bdor dbor odbr dobr brdo rbdo bdro dbro rdbo drbo ordb rodb odrb dorb rdob drob

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Definitions and meaning of bord

bord

Etymology 1

See board.

Noun

bord (plural bords)

  1. Obsolete form of board. [11th–17th c.]
  2. Obsolete form of bourd. [14th–17th c.]
Alternative forms
  • bourde
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

Anagrams

  • rob'd

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin burdus ("bastard").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbort]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈboɾt]

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
  • embordonir
  • rebordonir

Noun

bord m (plural bords, feminine borda)

  1. bastard
    Synonyms: bastard, expòsit
Derived terms
  • bordegàs

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
  • babor
  • estribor

Further reading

  • “bord” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English bord (“board”).

Noun

bord m (plural bordys)

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

Derived terms

  • bord gwynn

Mutation

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːˀr/, [ˈb̥oˀɐ̯], [ˈb̥oɐ̯ˀ]
  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
  • Homophone: bor

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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bord

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /bɔrt/
  • 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

  • berd

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

  • IPA(key): /bɔʁ/

Noun

bord m (plural bords)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: borda

Further reading

  • “bord”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bórd (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /bˠɑuɾˠd̪ˠ/
  • (Connemara) IPA(key): /bˠəuɾˠd̪ˠ/

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

  • Alternative plural form: borda (used in certain prepositional phrases)

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bord”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bord”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Entries containing “bord” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “bord” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bord.

Alternative forms

  • borde, boorde, boord, burd, bourd, bourde, burde

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boːrd/, /bɔrd/

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
  • borden
  • bordcloth
  • cuppeborde
  • schip bord
Descendants
  • English: board
  • Scots: buird, brod
  • Yola: borde
References
  • “bō̆rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-02.

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

  • IPA(key): /buːɽ/; IPA(key): /buːɾ/
  • Homophones: bol; bor

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

  • IPA(key): /bord/

Noun

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

  1. border (decorative strip)

References

  • “bord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

  • IPA(key): /bord/, [borˠd]

Noun

bord n

  1. board, plank
  2. table
  3. the side of a ship; (by extension) the ship itself
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
  4. (poetic) shield

Declension

Synonyms

  • bred

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cornish: bord
  • Middle English: bord
    • English: board
    • Scots: buird
    • Yola: borde
  • → Old Irish: bord
    • Middle Irish: bord
      • Irish: bord
      • Manx: boayrd
      • Scottish Gaelic: bòrd
  • → Middle Welsh: bort
    • Welsh: bord
  • → Middle Welsh: bwrð
    • Welsh: bwrdd

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bord.

Noun

bord n (plural borduri)

  1. side of a ship's deck

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːɖ/

Noun

bord n

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

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • tabell (“table (other senses)”)

References

  • bord in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • bord in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • bord in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • bord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔrd/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrd

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

  • y Ford Gron (“the Round Table”)

Mutation

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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