border collie

See also: bordercollie and Border Collie

English

a border collie

Alternative forms

• Border Collie, Border collie

Etymology

Essentially the collie from the Scottish and English borders.

Noun

border collie (plural border collies)

1. A herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.

Derived terms

• borgi

Translations

border collie

• Bulgarian: бордър коли n (bordǎr koli)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 邊境牧羊犬 / 边境牧羊犬 (zh) (biānjìng mùyángquǎn), 邊界牧羊犬 / 边界牧羊犬 (biānjiè mùyángquǎn)

• Esperanto: landlima ŝafhundo
• Finnish: bordercollie (fi)
• Irish: cóilí teorann m
• Japanese: ボーダー・コリー (bōdā korī)
• Korean: 보더 콜리 (bodeo kolli)
• Latvian: borderkollijs m
• Lithuanian: borderkolis m
• Macedonian: пограничен коли n (pograničen koli)
• Malay: collie sempadan
• Polish: border collie (pl) m
• Portuguese: border collie m
• Slovene: borderski ovčar m
• Swedish: bordercollie (sv) c
• Turkish: sınır colliesi

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English border collie.

Noun

border collie m or f by sense (plural border collies)

1. border collie (breed of herding dog)