German

Noun

Bord n ‎(genitive Bords or Bordes, plural Borde)

1. shelf (board fixed to the wall)
2. (heraldry) bordure

Usage notes

• The plural is usually avoided.

Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German. Related to or the same as etymology 1.

Noun

Bord m ‎(genitive Bords or Bordes, plural Borde)

1. board (of ship)

Usage notes

• The plural is rare.

Declension

English

Noun

bord ‎(plural bords)

1. Obsolete form of board. [11th-17th c.]
   • 1478 (earliest extant version), Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Prologue:

     At Alisaundre he was, whan it was wonne. / Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord [table] bigonne / Aboven alle nacions in Pruce;

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

Etymology 2

Noun

bord ‎(plural bords)

1. (mining) The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.

Catalan

Noun

bord m ‎(plural bords)

1. bastard

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowing from Old English bord ‎(“board”).

Noun

bord m ‎(plural bordys)

1. (Revived Late Cornish) table

Synonyms

• moos

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse borð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bor/, [b̥oɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

bord n (singular definite bordet, plural indefinite borde)

1. table, desk

Inflection

Derived terms

Noun

bord n (singular definite bordet, plural indefinite bord)

1. plank

Inflection

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bort, from Old Dutch *bort, from Proto-Germanic *burdą.

Noun

bord n ‎(plural borden, diminutive bordje n)

1. plate, dish (cutlery)
2. sign (traffic, etc.)
3. board (as in "blackboard" (see schoolbord) or as in "chessboard" (see schaakbord))

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch bord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔʁ/

Noun

bord m ‎(plural bords)

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

Derived terms

Irish

Alternative forms

• bórd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish bord ‎(“edge, side, border, brink; board, table; seat, bench”) (compare Scottish Gaelic bòrd), a borrowing from Old English bord ‎(“plank, table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ]
• (Connemara) IPA^(key): [bˠəuɾˠd̪ˠ]

Noun

bord m ‎(genitive singular boird, nominative plural boird)

1. board, table
2. board (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)

Synonyms

• (table): tábla (Ulster)

Derived terms

• bord na farraige m ‎(“seaboard”)
• bord níocháin m ‎(“washstand”)
• fíon boird m ‎(“table wine”)
• lárbhord m ‎(“after-deck”)

Mutation

References

• "bord" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “bord” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from Old Norse borð.

Noun

bord m ‎(plural bords)

1. (Jersey, nautical) board (side of a ship)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse borð

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. table (furniture)
2. wooden board; plank

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bord n ‎(definite singular bordet, indefinite plural bord, definite plural borda)

1. (furniture) a table
2. wooden board; plank

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• borde

Noun

bord m ‎(definite singular borden, indefinite plural bordar, definite plural bordane)

1. border (decorative strip)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burdą.

Noun

bord n

1. plank
2. table

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

Declension

Derived terms

(table):

(board):

References

• bord in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from Old English bord ‎(“board”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrd/

Noun

bord f (plural bordydd)

1. (South Wales) table (item of furniture)
   1. food and drink, hospitality, sustenance; table at which business is transacted
2. (nautical) side (of a ship)

Synonyms

• bwrdd

Mutation

References

• “bord” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.