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Old French bordeurebor.

Middle English bordure

English border

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Inherited from Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#BORDER Category:English terms derived from Middle English#BORDER bordure, from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#BORDER bordeure, of Germanic Category:English terms derived from Germanic languages#BORDER origin, from Frankish Category:English terms derived from Frankish#BORDER *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er.

Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordureCategory:English doublets#BORDER. More at board.

Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc.

Pronunciation

(horse–hoarse merger)
- (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔə.də/Category:English 2-syllable words#BORDER Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BORDER
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔː.də/Category:English 2-syllable words#BORDER Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BORDER
- Audio (UK); “a border”: (file)
  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BORDER
- (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹ.dɚ/, [ˈbo̞ɹ.dɚ]Category:English 2-syllable words#BORDER Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BORDER
- Audio (US): (file)
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)#BORDER Category:Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)/2 syllables#BORDER
- Homophone: boarder (horse–hoarse merger)Category:English terms with homophones#BORDER
(without the horse–hoarse merger)
- (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːɹ.dɚ/Category:English 2-syllable words#BORDER Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BORDER
- (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔː.də/Category:English 2-syllable words#BORDER Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BORDER

Noun

border (countable and uncountable, plural borders)Category:English lemmas#BORDER Category:English nouns#BORDER Category:English uncountable nouns#BORDER Category:English countable nouns#BORDER Category:English countable nouns#BORDER Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BORDER Category:Pages with entries#BORDER Category:Pages with 4 entries#BORDER

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.Category:English terms with usage examples#BORDER
- 1950 January, “Crossing the Border”, in Railway Magazine, page 2:
  The identification of the border between England and Scotland always has been a source of interest to railway travellers. For many years, however, the exact points north of Berwick and Carlisle at which the Anglo-Scottish main lines passed from one country to the other were not defined, but the erection of clear and unmistakable lineside signs has put the matter beyond all doubt.
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- 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)
  The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday the men had been killed on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, on the border of Kandahar just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.
- 23 June 2018, Mattha Busb, The Independent, Jogger crosses US-Canada border by mistake, is held for two weeks in detention centre
  A French tourist who accidentally crossed the border into the US from Canada during an evening jog was sent to a detention centre 125 miles away and held for two weeks until she was released.
The outer edge of something.
the borders of the gardenCategory:English terms with collocations#BORDER
- 1843, Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation, Fragment on Government, Civil Code, Penal Law:
  upon the borders of these solitudes
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- a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
  in the borders of death
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A decorative strip around the edge of something.
There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.Category:English terms with usage examples#BORDER

a solid border around a table of figuresCategory:English terms with usage examples#BORDER
A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
(British Category:British English#BORDER, uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#BORDER) Border morris or border dancing.
(computing Category:en:Computing#BORDER) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Descendants

Swahili: bodaboda

Translations

the line or frontier area separating various territories

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Abkhaz: аҳәаа (aḥʷaa)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#BORDER
Afrikaans: grens (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#BORDER
Akkadian: 𒍠 m (ZAG /⁠miṣrum⁠/)Category:Terms with Akkadian translations#BORDER
Albanian: kufi (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#BORDER
Ao: arrtsüCategory:Terms with Ao translations#BORDER (Chungli)
Arabic: حَدّ (ar) m (ḥadd)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BORDER, حُدُود n pl (ḥudūd)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BORDER (normally used in the plural)
Aragonese: muga fCategory:Terms with Aragonese translations#BORDER
Armenian: սահման (hy) (sahman)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BORDER
Aromanian: mardzinã fCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#BORDER
Assamese: সীমা (xima)Category:Terms with Assamese translations#BORDER
Asturian: frontera (ast) fCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#BORDER
Azerbaijani: hüdud (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BORDER, sərhəd (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BORDER
Bangi: ndeloCategory:Terms with Bangi translations#BORDER
Bashkir: сик (sik)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#BORDER
Basque: mugaCategory:Terms with Basque translations#BORDER
Belarusian: мяжа́ f (mjažá)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BORDER, грані́ца f (hraníca)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BORDER, кардо́н m (kardón)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BORDER
Bengali: সীমানা (bn) (śimana)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BORDER
Bhojpuri: सरहद (sarᵊhad)Category:Terms with Bhojpuri translations#BORDER
Bulgarian: гра́ница (bg) f (gránica)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BORDER
Burmese: နယ်စပ် (my) (naicap)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#BORDER
Carpathian Rusyn: границя f (hranycja)Category:Terms with Carpathian Rusyn translations#BORDER
Catalan: frontera (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BORDER
Chechen: доза (doza)Category:Terms with Chechen translations#BORDER
Chinese:
Mandarin: 國境 / 国境 (zh) (guójìng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BORDER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BORDER, 邊界 / 边界 (zh) (biānjiè)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BORDER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BORDER, 邊境 / 边境 (zh) (biānjìng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BORDER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BORDER, 疆界 (zh) (jiāngjiè)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BORDER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BORDER
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: muyano class 3/4Category:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations#BORDER
Czech: hranice (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BORDER
Danish: grænse (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BORDER
Dutch: grens (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BORDER
Esperanto: landlimoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BORDER
Estonian: piir (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#BORDER
Farefare: beeneCategory:Terms with Farefare translations#BORDER
Faroese: mark (fo) nCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#BORDER
Finnish: raja (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER
French: frontière (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#BORDER
Galician: fronteira (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BORDER
Georgian: საზღვარი (sazɣvari)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BORDER
German: Grenze (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#BORDER
Middle High German: gemerke nCategory:Terms with Middle High German translations#BORDER
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 f (marka)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#BORDER
Greek: σύνορο (el) n (sýnoro)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BORDER (normally used in the plural)
Ancient Greek: ὅρος m (hóros)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BORDER
Gujarati: સરહદ (sarhad)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#BORDER
Hebrew: גְּבוּל (he) m (g'vúl)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BORDER
Hindi: सीमा (hi) f (sīmā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BORDER, सरहद (hi) m (sarhad)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BORDER
Hittite: 𒅕𒄩𒀸 c (erḫāš⁠)Category:Terms with Hittite translations#BORDER, 𒍠 c (ZAG /⁠erḫāš⁠⁠/)Category:Terms with Hittite translations#BORDER
Hmong:
White Hmong: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into White Hmong#BORDER
Hungarian: határ (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BORDER
Icelandic: landamæri (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#BORDER
Indonesian: perbatasan (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BORDER
Ingush: доазув (doazuv)Category:Terms with Ingush translations#BORDER
Irish: teorainn fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BORDER
Istriot: confeînCategory:Terms with Istriot translations#BORDER
Italian: confine (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BORDER, frontiera (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BORDER
Japanese: 国境 (ja) (くにざかい, kunizakai, こっきょう, kokkyō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BORDER, 地境 (じざかい, jizakai, ちきょう, chikyō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BORDER, 国界 (ja) (こっかい, kokkai, くにざかい, kunizakai)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BORDER
Kannada: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Kannada#BORDER
Kazakh: шекара (şekara)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BORDER, шек (şek)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BORDER
Khmer: ព្រំដែន (prum daen)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BORDER, ជាយដែន (ciəy daen)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BORDER, ទល់ដែន (tŭəl daen)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BORDER
Korean: 국경(國境) (ko) (gukgyeong)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BORDER, 국계(國界) (ko) (gukgye)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BORDER
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سْنوور (ckb) (sinûr)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#BORDER

Northern Kurdish: hidûd (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BORDER, sînor (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BORDER
Kyrgyz: чек ара (ky) (cek ara)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BORDER, чек (ky) (cek)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BORDER
Ladin: cunfin mCategory:Terms with Ladin translations#BORDER, sëida fCategory:Terms with Ladin translations#BORDER
Ladino: frontiera fCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#BORDER
Lao: ຊາຍແດນ (lo) (sāi dǣn)Category:Terms with Lao translations#BORDER
Latin: finis (la) mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BORDER
Latvian: robeža (lv) fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BORDER
Lingala: ndeloCategory:Terms with Lingala translations#BORDER
Lithuanian: siena (lt) fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BORDER
Macedonian: граница (mk) f (granica)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BORDER
Malagasy: amborodao (mg)Category:Terms with Malagasy translations#BORDER
Malay: sempadan (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BORDER
Malayalam: അതിർത്തി (ml) (atiṟtti)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BORDER
Maltese: fruntiera fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#BORDER
Manchu: ᠵᠠᠰᡝ (jase)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#BORDER, ᡥᡝᡧᡝᠨ (hešen)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#BORDER, ᠵᡝᠴᡝᠨ (jecen)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#BORDER
Māori: aukatiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BORDER
Marathi: सीमा (mr) (sīmā)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#BORDER
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хил хязгаар (xil xjazgaar)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BORDER
Norwegian:
Bokmål: grense (no) m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BORDER, landegrense m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BORDER

Nynorsk: grense fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BORDER, landegrense fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BORDER
Occitan: frontièra (oc) fCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#BORDER
Odia: ସୀମା (simā)Category:Terms with Odia translations#BORDER
Old English: ġemǣre nCategory:Terms with Old English translations#BORDER
Ossetian: арӕн (aræn)Category:Terms with Ossetian translations#BORDER
Pannonian Rusyn: гранїца f (hranjica)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#BORDER, меджа f (medža)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#BORDER
Pashto: باډر m (bāḍar)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#BORDER, سرحد (ps) m (sarhad)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#BORDER
Persian:
Iranian Persian: مَرْز (marz)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BORDER Category:Terms with Persian translations#BORDER, سَرْحَد (sarhad)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BORDER Category:Terms with Persian translations#BORDER, حَد (had)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BORDER Category:Terms with Persian translations#BORDER
Polish: granica (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BORDER
Portuguese: fronteira (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BORDER, raia (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BORDER
Punjabi: ਸਰਹੱਦ (pa) f (sarhadda)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#BORDER, ਸੀਮਾ (pa) f (sīmā)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#BORDER
Romanian: graniță (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BORDER, frontieră (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BORDER
Russian: грани́ца (ru) f (graníca)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER, рубе́ж (ru) m (rubéž)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER, межа́ (ru) f (mežá)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER, кордо́н (ru) m (kordón)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гра̀ница fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BORDER

Latin: grànica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BORDER
Sicilian: finaita (scn) fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#BORDER
Sinhalese: අද්දර (addara)Category:Terms with Sinhalese translations#BORDER
Slovak: hranica fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BORDER
Slovene: meja (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#BORDER
Somali: xad (so)Category:Terms with Somali translations#BORDER
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: granica fCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#BORDER

Upper Sorbian: mjeza fCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#BORDER, hranica fCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#BORDER
Spanish: frontera (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BORDER
Sumerian: 𒍠 (zag)Category:Terms with Sumerian translations#BORDER
Swahili: mpaka (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#BORDER
Swedish: gräns (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER, landamäre (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER, landamären (sv) n plCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER, märe nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER
Tagalog: hangganan (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#BORDER
Tajik: сарҳад (sarhad)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BORDER, ҳудуд (tg) (hudud)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BORDER
Tamil: எல்லை (ta) (ellai)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BORDER
Tatar: чикләре pl (çikläre)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#BORDER, чик (tt) (çik)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#BORDER
Telugu: సరిహద్దు (te) (sarihaddu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#BORDER
Thai: ชายแดน (th) (chaai-dɛɛn)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BORDER
Tibetan: ས་མཚམས (sa mtshams)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#BORDER
Turkish: hudut (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BORDER, sınır (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BORDER, serhat (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BORDER
Turkmen: serhetCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#BORDER, araçäk (tk)Category:Terms with Turkmen translations#BORDER, çetCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#BORDER, çäkCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#BORDER
Tuvan: даштыкы (daştıkı)Category:Terms with Tuvan translations#BORDER
Ukrainian: кордо́н (uk) m (kordón)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BORDER, грани́ця f (hranýcja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BORDER
Urdu: سِیما f (sīmā)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BORDER, سَرْحَد m (sarhad)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BORDER, حَد (ur) f (had)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BORDER
Uyghur: چېگرا (chëgra)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#BORDER, چەت (chet)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#BORDER
Uzbek: chegara (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#BORDER, hudud (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#BORDER
Vietnamese: biên giới (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BORDER
Vilamovian: graonc fCategory:Terms with Vilamovian translations#BORDER
Welsh: ffin (cy) fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#BORDER
Yiddish: גרענעץ m or f (grenets)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BORDER
Zazaki: hıdud mCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#BORDER, sindor mCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#BORDER, serhed mCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#BORDER
Zhuang: henzgyaiqCategory:Terms with Zhuang translations#BORDER, biengyaiqCategory:Terms with Zhuang translations#BORDER, henzguekCategory:Terms with Zhuang translations#BORDER

the outer edge of something

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Arabic: حَدّ (ar) m (ḥadd)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BORDER, حُدُود m pl (ḥudūd)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BORDER
Armenian: սահման (hy) (sahman)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BORDER, եզր (hy) (ezr)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BORDER
Asturian: frontera (ast) fCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#BORDER
Azerbaijani: sərhəd (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BORDER
Belarusian: мяжа́ f (mjažá)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BORDER
Bulgarian: край (bg) m (kraj)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BORDER, ръб (bg) m (rǎb)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BORDER
Catalan: vora (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BORDER, orla (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BORDER
Chinese:
Mandarin: 邊界 / 边界 (zh) (biānjiè)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BORDER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BORDER, 境 (zh) (jìng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BORDER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BORDER
Czech: okraj (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BORDER
Dutch: rand (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BORDER
Estonian: raam (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#BORDER, piir (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#BORDER
Finnish: reuna (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER, reunus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER
French: bord (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#BORDER, bordure (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#BORDER
Galician: bordo (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BORDER
German: Rand (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#BORDER
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ὅρος m (hóros)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BORDER
Hebrew: גְּבוּל (he) m (gvul)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BORDER
Hindi: सीमा (hi) (sīmā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BORDER
Hungarian: szél (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BORDER
Icelandic: mæri n plCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BORDER
Ido: bordo (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#BORDER
Irish: ciumhais fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BORDER, imeall (ga) mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BORDER
Italian: confine (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BORDER
Japanese: 境界 (ja) (きょうかい, kyōkai)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BORDER
Kikuyu: mũhaka class 3Category:Terms with Kikuyu translations#BORDER
Korean: 경계(境界) (ko) (gyeonggye)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BORDER
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sînor (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BORDER, tixûb (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BORDER
Kyrgyz: чек ара (ky) f (cek ara)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BORDER, чет (ky) m (cet)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BORDER, бордюр (ky) f (bordyur)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BORDER
Latgalian: rūbežs mCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#BORDER
Latin: margō fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BORDER, limes (la) mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BORDER, finis (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BORDER
Latvian: robeža (lv) fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BORDER
Macedonian: граница (mk) f (granica)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BORDER, раб m (rab)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BORDER
Māori: pakitahaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BORDER (of garment), taitapaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BORDER
Norman: bordeuse fCategory:Terms with Norman translations#BORDER (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ytterkant mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BORDER, kant (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BORDER, rand (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BORDER
Occitan: bòrd (oc) mCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#BORDER, vòra fCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#BORDER
Plautdietsch: Kaunt fCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#BORDER
Portuguese: borda (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BORDER, margem (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BORDER
Romanian: bordură (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BORDER, margine (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BORDER, graniță (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BORDER, frontieră (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BORDER, cant (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BORDER
Russian: грани́ца (ru) f (graníca)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER, край (ru) m (kraj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER, кро́мка (ru) f (krómka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER
Sanskrit: दशा (sa) f (daśā)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#BORDER
Scottish Gaelic: iomall mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BORDER, oir fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BORDER
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гра̀ница fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BORDER

Latin: grànica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BORDER
Slovak: okraj mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BORDER
Spanish: borde (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BORDER
Swedish: ytterkant (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER, kant (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER, rand (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER, bryn (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER
Tocharian B: ārtarCategory:Terms with Tocharian B translations#BORDER
Turkish: kenar (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BORDER
Ottoman Turkish: قیی (kıyı)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#BORDER, لب (leb)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#BORDER
Ukrainian: кордо́н (uk) m (kordón)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BORDER, межа́ f (mežá)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BORDER
Vietnamese: rìa (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BORDER
Zazaki: het (diq) mCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#BORDER, kıst mCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#BORDER

a decorative strip around the edge of something

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Catalan: orla (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BORDER, sanefa (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BORDER
Czech: lem (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BORDER
Estonian: raam (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#BORDER
Finnish: boordi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER, reunus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER, koristereunusCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER
French: bordure (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BORDER
German: Rand (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#BORDER
Greek: περίγυρος (el) m (perígyros)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BORDER
Hindi: कोना (hi) m (konā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BORDER
Hungarian: szegély (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BORDER
Irish: ciumhais fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BORDER
Italian: orlo (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BORDER
Māori: pakitahaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BORDER (on a garment)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bord (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BORDER
Persian:
Iranian Persian: حاشِیِه (hâšiye)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BORDER Category:Terms with Persian translations#BORDER
Portuguese: orla (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BORDER
Russian: кайма́ (ru) f (kajmá)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER (of clothes), бордю́р (ru) m (bordjúr)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER (of a road or pavement), фриз (ru) m (friz)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER (of a building)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гра̀ничнӣк mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BORDER

Latin: gràničnīk (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BORDER
Slovak: rámCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BORDER, okrajCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BORDER, lemCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BORDER
Spanish: cenefa (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BORDER, orla (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BORDER, orladura fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BORDER
Swedish: bård (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER, kant (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER
Turkish: süs (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BORDER
Ottoman Turkish: پرواز (pervaz)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#BORDER

a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown

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Czech: záhon (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BORDER
Dutch: border (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BORDER
Finnish: kukkapenkki (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER
French: parterre (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#BORDER, plate-bande (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#BORDER
German: Beet (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#BORDER, Streifen (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#BORDER, Rabatte (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#BORDER
Greek: παρτέρι (el) n (partéri)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BORDER
Hindi: केदार m (kedār)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BORDER, क्यारी (hi) f (kyārī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BORDER
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гра̀ничнӣк mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BORDER

Latin: gràničnīk (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BORDER
Spanish: parterre mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BORDER

Verb

border (third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)Category:English lemmas#BORDER Category:English verbs#BORDER Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BORDER Category:Pages with entries#BORDER Category:Pages with 4 entries#BORDER

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#BORDER) To put a border on something.
(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#BORDER) To form a border around; to bound.
(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#BORDER) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
Denmark borders Germany to the south.Category:English terms with usage examples#BORDER
(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#BORDER) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.Category:English terms with usage examples#BORDER
(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#BORDER) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
- 1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon II. The Folly of Scoffing at Religion. 2 Pet[er] III. 3.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC:
  Wit which borders upon profaneness […] deserves to be branded as folly.
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Derived terms

Translations

(transitive) to put a border on something

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Czech: ohraničit pfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BORDER, ohraničovat impfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BORDER, olemovat pfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BORDER
Danish: begrænse (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#BORDER
Dutch: begrenzen (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BORDER
Estonian: piiritlemaCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#BORDER
Finnish: rajata (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER, rajoittaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER
French: délimiter (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BORDER
Galician: demarcarCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BORDER
German: begrenzen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BORDER
Hungarian: határol (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BORDER, behatárol (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BORDER, körülhatárol (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BORDER
Ido: bordizar (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#BORDER
Macedonian: ограничува (ograničuva)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BORDER, ограничи (ograniči)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BORDER
Māori: paeCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BORDER
Portuguese: orlar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BORDER
Russian: ограни́чивать (ru) impf (ograníčivatʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER, ограни́чить (ru) pf (ograníčitʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER
Swedish: gränsa tillCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER
Turkish: sınırlamak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BORDER

(transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border

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Bulgarian: грани́ча (bg) (graníča)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BORDER
Catalan: vorejar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#BORDER, confrontar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#BORDER
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毗鄰 / 毗邻 (zh) (pílín)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BORDER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BORDER, 接壤 (zh) (jiērǎng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BORDER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BORDER, 交界 (zh) (jiāojiè)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BORDER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BORDER, 接界 (zh) (jiējiè)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BORDER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BORDER
Czech: hraničit (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#BORDER
Danish: grænse (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#BORDER
Dutch: grenzen aanCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BORDER
Finnish: rajautuaCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER, rajoittua (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BORDER
French: border (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BORDER
Galician: testar (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#BORDER, bordear (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#BORDER
German: angrenzen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BORDER, säumen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BORDER, umranden (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BORDER, einfassen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BORDER
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐍉𐌽 (gamarkōn)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#BORDER
Hungarian: határol (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BORDER, határos (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BORDER
Lithuanian: ribotisCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BORDER
Macedonian: граничи (graniči)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BORDER
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: grensa tilCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BORDER
Occitan: confrontar (oc)Category:Terms with Occitan translations#BORDER
Polish: graniczyć (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BORDER
Portuguese: fazer fronteira comCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BORDER
Russian: грани́чить (ru) impf (graníčitʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BORDER
Slovak: hraničiťCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BORDER
Swedish: gränsa tillCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BORDER
Turkish: sınırdaş olmakCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#BORDER
Vietnamese: giáp (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BORDER
Zazaki: sindordas cCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#BORDER

(intransitive) to touch at a border

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Spanish: lindar conCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BORDER, limitar conCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BORDER, colindar conCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BORDER

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Translations to be checked

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Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הִגְבִּיל (higbíl)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BORDER Category:Requests for review of Hebrew translations#BORDER, ^{(please verify)} גָּבַל (gavál)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BORDER Category:Requests for review of Hebrew translations#BORDER
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} അതിർത്തി (atiṟtti)Category:Pages using discouraged character sequences#BORDERCategory:Terms with Malayalam translations#BORDER Category:Requests for review of Malayalam translations#BORDER

Anagrams

roberd

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French

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to border (add a border to)
to border (share a border with)
to tuck in

Conjugation

Conjugation of border (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	border
present participle or gerund¹	simple	bordant /bɔʁ.dɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bordé /bɔʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	borde /bɔʁd/	bordes /bɔʁd/	borde /bɔʁd/	bordons /bɔʁ.dɔ̃/	bordez /bɔʁ.de/	bordent /bɔʁd/
	imperfect	bordais /bɔʁ.dɛ/	bordais /bɔʁ.dɛ/	bordait /bɔʁ.dɛ/	bordions /bɔʁ.djɔ̃/	bordiez /bɔʁ.dje/	bordaient /bɔʁ.dɛ/
	past historic²	bordai /bɔʁ.de/	bordas /bɔʁ.da/	borda /bɔʁ.da/	bordâmes /bɔʁ.dam/	bordâtes /bɔʁ.dat/	bordèrent /bɔʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	borderai /bɔʁ.də.ʁe/	borderas /bɔʁ.də.ʁa/	bordera /bɔʁ.də.ʁa/	borderons /bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	borderez /bɔʁ.də.ʁe/	borderont /bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	borderais /bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	borderais /bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	borderait /bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	borderions /bɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	borderiez /bɔʁ.də.ʁje/	borderaient /bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	borde /bɔʁd/	bordes /bɔʁd/	borde /bɔʁd/	bordions /bɔʁ.djɔ̃/	bordiez /bɔʁ.dje/	bordent /bɔʁd/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	bordasse /bɔʁ.das/	bordasses /bɔʁ.das/	bordât /bɔʁ.da/	bordassions /bɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	bordassiez /bɔʁ.da.sje/	bordassent /bɔʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	borde /bɔʁd/	—	bordons /bɔʁ.dɔ̃/	bordez /bɔʁ.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).