bonde

See also: Bonde and bondé

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish bondæ, from Old Norse bóndi.

Noun

bonde c (singular definite bonden, plural indefinite bønder)

  1. farmer
  2. peasant
  3. countryman
  4. (chess) pawn
  5. (card games) jack, knave

Inflection

See also

Chess pieces in Danish · skakbrikker (skak + brikker) (layout · text)
konge dronning tårn løber springer bonde

Dutch

Verb

bonde

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of binden

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish bonde

Noun

bonde

  1. (slang) countryside

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Gaulish *bunda, feminine form of *bundos (bottom), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn.[1]

Noun

bonde f (plural bondes)

  1. a plug, a bung

References

  1. bonde” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bōnda, from Old Norse bóndi, from Proto-Germanic *būwandz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔnd(ə)/, /ˈbɔːnd(ə)/

Noun

bonde (plural bondes or bonden)

  1. tenant farmer, bond
  2. husband, head of household
  3. servant, retainer
Descendants
References

Adjective

bonde

  1. The status of being a tenant.
  2. The status of being subservient; subservience
References

Etymology 2

From Old English bend.

Noun

bonde

  1. Alternative form of band

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse búandi, bóndi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹bunə/, /¹bundə/
  • Rhymes: -¹unə

Noun

bonde m (definite singular bonden, indefinite plural bønder, definite plural bøndene)

  1. farmer
  2. (chess) pawn

Synonyms

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse búandi, bóndi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²bʊnːə/, /²bʊndə/
  • Rhymes: -²unːə, -²undːə

Noun

bonde m (definite singular bonden, indefinite plural bønder, definite plural bøndene)

  1. farmer
    Talet på bønder har gått ned.
    The number of farmers has gone down.
  2. (chess) pawn

Synonyms

Derived terms

References


Portuguese

Etymology

From English bond. The tramway sense is said to have originated from coupons sold as transport tickets which looked liked bonds issued at the time[1].

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbõ.də/, [ˈbõ.dɨ]
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbõ.di/, [ˈbõⁿ.dʒi]

Noun

bonde m (plural bondes)

  1. (economics) bond
  2. (Brazil) tramway, streetcar, cable car
  3. (Brazil, slang) group of friends; gang

References

  1. “TRAMWAY - ETIMOLOGIA”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed March 23, 2015

Swahili

Noun

bonde (ma class, plural mabonde)

  1. valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

bonde c

  1. farmer
  2. (chess) pawn

Declension

Declension of bonde 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bonde bonden bönder bönderna
Genitive bondes bondens bönders böndernas

See also

Chess pieces in Swedish · schackpjäser (schack + pjäser) (layout · text)
kung drottning, dam torn löpare springare, häst bonde
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