bord

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

English

Etymology 1

See board.

Noun

bord (plural bords)

1. Obsolete form of board. [11th–17th c.]
   • 1898, Herbert William Hughes, A Text-book of Coal-mining, page 154:

     A jenkin is then carried up the pillar alongside the old bords […]

2. Obsolete form of bourd. [14th–17th c.]

Alternative forms

• bourde

Derived terms

• bord halfpenny
• bord service

 

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.

Anagrams

• rob'd

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin burdus ("bastard").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbort]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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

Derived terms

• a bord
• d'alt bord
• de bord

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

Mutation of bord

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bord	vord	unchanged	pord	ford	vord

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

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

• billardbord
• bordlampe
• fra borde
• inden borde
• om bord
• over bord
• skrivebord
• spisebord

 

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/

• 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

• bordenwisser
• bordspel
• diep bord
• een bord voor zijn kop hebben
• op zijn bord hebben
• op zijn bord krijgen
• plat bord
• reclamebord
• schaakbord
• schakelbord
• schoolbord
• soepbord
• soepbord
• speelbord
• stopbord
• uithangbord
• verbodsbord
• verkeersbord
• wandbord
• wasbord

 

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/

• Au bord de:

  (file)

Noun

bord m (plural bords)

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

Derived terms

• à bord
• à ras bord
• aborder
• au bord de
• avec les moyens du bord
• bâbord
• carnet de bord
• changer de bord
• déborder
• journal de bord
• livre de bord
• moyens du bord
• par-dessus bord
• sur les bords
• tableau de bord
• tribord
• virer de bord

 

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

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

• ar bord (“on board, aboard”)
• bord na farraige (“seaboard”)
• bord níocháin (“washstand”)
• bord seomra bia (“dining table”)
• brat boird, éadach boird (“table-cloth”)
• fíon boird m (“table wine”)
• imeallbhord (“border, verge, margin; coastline”)
• lárbhord (“after-deck”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of bord

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bord	bhord	mbord

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.

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

• baté d'bord (“lifeboat”)
• bord à tèrre (“in shore”)
• bord au large (“off shore”)
• bord dé baté (“planking”)
• bord d'la mé (“seaside”)
• bord du vent (“leeward”)

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

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

• biljardbord
• bordduk
• bordplate
• bordsalt
• bordtennis
• forhandlingsbord
• fribord
• kjøkkenbord
• matbord
• middagsbord
• om bord
• over bord
• skrivebord
• spisebord
• tegnebord

 

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

• biljardbord
• bordduk
• bordplate
• bordsalt
• bordtennis
• forhandlingsbord
• fribord
• matbord
• middagsbord
• om bord
• over bord
• skrivebord
• teiknebord

 

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

   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

• bred

Derived terms

• bæcbord (“backboard of a ship”)
• blēobord (“chessboard”)
• bordclāþ (“tablecloth”)
• bordweall (“shield wall”)
• byrdling (“turtle”)
• innanbordes (“in this country”)
• ofer bord (“overboard”)
• stēorbord (“starboard”)
• ūtanbordes (“abroad”)

 

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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bord	bordul		borduri	bordurile
genitive-dative	bord	bordului		borduri	bordurilor
vocative	bordule			bordurilor

Swedish

ett bord (köksbord) och stolar [a table (kitchen table) and chairs]

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːɖ/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bord	bords
	definite	bordet	bordets
plural	indefinite	bord	bords
	definite	borden	bordens

Derived terms

table

• altarbord
• arbetsbord
• balkongbord
• biljardbord
• blombord
• bokbord
• borddans
• bordduk
• bordlägga
• bordläggning
• bordlöpare
• bordsben
• bordsbeställning
• bordsbön
• bordsdam
• bordsdekoration
• bordsdryck
• bordsduk
• bordsflagga
• bordsgranne
• bordsherre
• bordsilver
• bordskant
• bordskavaljer
• bordskick
• bordskiva
• bordskniv
• bordskonversation
• bordslampa
• bordslåda
• bordslöpare
• bordsmargarin
• bordsplacering
• bordsprydnad
• bordssalt
• bordssamtal
• bordsservis
• bordssilver
• bordsskick
• bordsskiva
• bordssällskap
• bordstelefon
• bordsuppsats
• bordsur
• bordsvatten
• bordsvisa
• bordsända
• bordsände
• bordtennis
• bordtennisbord
• bridgebord
• buffébord
• dissektionsbord
• festbord
• frukostbord
• fågelbord
• fällbord
• förhandlingsbord
• glasbord
• honnörsbord
• julbord
• klaffbord
• köksbord
• långbord
• matbord
• matsalsbord
• middagsbord
• nattduksbord
• nattygsbord
• obduktionsbord
• operationsbord
• pingisbord
• pingpongbord
• påskbord
• restaurangbord
• roulettbord
• serveringsbord
• sillbord
• skrivbord
• skötbord
• smörgåsbord
• soffbord
• spegelbord
• spelbord
• sängbord
• tangentbord
• träbord
• trädgårdsbord

 

board

• babord
• borda
• bordläggning
• ombord
• styrbord
• överbord

 

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)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English board.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈboɾd/ [ˈboɹd̪]
• Rhymes: -oɾd
• Syllabification: bord

Noun

bord (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔)

1. board (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material)
2. board (surface for a board game)

   Synonym: tabla

3. board (short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc.)

   Synonym: pisara

4. board (managing committee)

   Synonyms: lupon, kalupunan, konseho, hunta

5. board (regular meals or amount paid for them in a place of lodging)

   Synonym: pagkain

Related terms

• bilbord
• blakbord
• dasbord
• iskorbord
• kardbord
• tsokbord

 

See also

• damahan
• kabayo
• kahoy
• karatula
• pagkain
• paminggalan
• plantsahan
• playwud
• tadtaran

 

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

Mutated forms of bord

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bord	ford	mord	unchanged

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