bor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bor"

English

Etymology

Could be derived from the Anglo-Saxon word bur, or gebur, meaning freeholder of the lowest class, peasant or farmer. [1]

Noun

bor (plural bors)

  1. (Norfolk) boy

References

  1. bur definition taken from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary By John R. Clark Hall, Herbert Dean Meritt, 1916.

Anagrams


Albanian

Noun

bor

  1. boron


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Catalan

Chemical element
B Previous: beril·li (Be)
Next: carboni (C)

Pronunciation

Noun

bor m (uncountable)

  1. boron

References


Czech

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *borъ. Because in Slovak and Polish dialects it means "marsh", it is sometimes being connected with Proto-Slavic *bara, meanig the same. More probably it is connected with Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-u-. Compare also borůvka.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bor]
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun

bor m

  1. wood consisting of pines, pine wood
    1834, František Škroup, “Kde domov můj” (national anthem of the Czech Republic). Lyrics by Josef Kajetán Tyl:
    Kde domov můj, kde domov můj? / Voda hučí po lučinách, / bory šumí po skalinách, / v sadě skví se jara květ, / zemský ráj to na pohled!
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Bor, which is a shortened form of Borax derived from Medieval Latin borax, from Arabic بورق (būraq), from Persian بوره (būrah).[2]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [boːr][3]
  • Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

bor m

  1. boron
Declension
Derived terms

Anagrams

References

  1. "bor1" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 92–93.
  2. "bor2" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 93.
  3. Čmejrková, Světla; Hoffmannová, Jana; Klímová, Jana (2013) Čeština v pohledu synchronním a diachronním (in Czech), →ISBN, page 433

Danish

Etymology 1

From the stem of borax.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bor n (singular definite boret, not used in plural form)

  1. boron (chemical element)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse borr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boːr/, [b̥oɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

bor n (singular definite boret, plural indefinite bor)

  1. drill
  2. gimlet, auger
Inflection

Etymology 3

See bo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boːr/, [b̥oɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

bor

  1. present of bo

Etymology 4

See bore

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boːr/, [b̥oɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

bor

  1. imperative of bore

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare Cuman, Kipchak, Uyghur bor (wine), ultimately from Middle Persian.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbor]
  • (file)

Noun

bor (plural borok)

  1. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes)
  2. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable)
  3. (figuratively) wine (intoxication caused by wine)
    A bor beszél belőle.It must be the wine. (literally, “The wine is talking.”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bor borok
accusative bort borokat
dative bornak boroknak
instrumental borral borokkal
causal-final borért borokért
translative borrá borokká
terminative borig borokig
essive-formal borként borokként
essive-modal
inessive borban borokban
superessive boron borokon
adessive bornál boroknál
illative borba borokba
sublative borra borokra
allative borhoz borokhoz
elative borból borokból
delative borról borokról
ablative bortól boroktól
Possessive forms of bor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. borom boraim
2nd person sing. borod boraid
3rd person sing. bora borai
1st person plural borunk boraink
2nd person plural borotok boraitok
3rd person plural boruk boraik

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse borr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔːr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːr

Noun

bor m (genitive singular bors, nominative plural borar)

  1. drill, drill bit

Declension

Derived terms

  • borjárn
  • borvél

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boor.

Noun

bor (plural bor-bor, first-person possessive borku, second-person possessive bormu, third-person possessive bornya)

  1. drill, drill bit

Kurdish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bor.

Adjective

bor

  1. grey

Etymology 2

Noun

bor

  1. horse

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English bār, from Proto-Germanic *bairaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔːr/
  • (Northern ME, Early ME) IPA(key): /bɑːr/

Noun

bor (plural bores)

  1. A pig who has not underwent castration; a boar.
  2. The meat or flesh of a boar; boar as food.
  3. (figuratively) A rough and tough individual.
  4. (rare, heraldic) A heraldic image of a boar.

Descendants

  • English: boar
  • Scots: bair

References


Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German por; from the root of Old High German beran (to bear, carry).

Noun

bor ? (m or f)

  1. height, elevation

References

  • bor in M. Lexer, Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A shortening of boraks

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret, uncountable)

  1. boron (chemical element, symbol B)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse borr

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora or borene)

bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural bor, definite plural borene)

  1. (countable) a drill, or drill bit
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

bor

  1. present of bo
  2. imperative of bore

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

A shortening of boraks

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret)

  1. (uncountable) boron (chemical element, symbol B)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse borr

Noun

bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora)

bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural borar, definite plural borane)

  1. (countable) a drill, or drill bit

References


Polish

Chemical element
B Previous: beryl (Be)
Next: węgiel (C)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔr/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Noun

bor m inan

  1. boron
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

bor m inan

  1. (obsolete) drill bit
    Synonym: wiertło
Declension

Further reading

  • bor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Chemical element
B Previous: beriliu (Be)
Next: carbon (C)
Bor

Etymology

Borrowed from French bore, from stem of borax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bor/

Noun

bor n (uncountable)

  1. boron (chemical element)

References

bor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *borъ.

Noun

bȏr m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)

  1. pine
Declension

References

  • bor” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

From New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Persian بوره (būrah).

Chemical element
B Previous: berilijum, bèrīlij (Be)
Next: ugljenik, ùgljīk (C)

Noun

bȏr m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)

  1. boron
Declension

References

  • bor” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *borъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ́r/
  • Tonal orthography: bȍr

Noun

bòr m inan (genitive bôra, nominative plural bôri)

  1. pine
Declension

Etymology 2

Chemical element
B Previous: berílij (Be)
Next: ogljík (C)

From New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Persian بوره (būrah).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbóːr/
  • Tonal orthography: bọ̑r

Noun

bór m inan (genitive bóra, uncountable)

  1. boron
Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boːr/ (for 1.)
  • Homophone: bår (for 1.)
  • IPA(key): /buːr/ (for 2.)

Noun

bor n

  1. boron (chemical element)
  2. indefinite plural of bo

Declension

Declension of bor 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bor boret
Genitive bors borets

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːr/

Verb

bor

  1. present tense of bo.

Turkish

Chemical element
B Previous: berilyum (Be)
Next: karbon (C)

Etymology

Borrowed from French bore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [boɾ]
  • Hyphenation: bor

Noun

bor (definite accusative boru, plural borlar)

  1. boron

Declension

Inflection
Nominative bor
Definite accusative boru
Singular Plural
Nominative bor borlar
Definite accusative boru borları
Dative bora borlara
Locative borda borlarda
Ablative bordan borlardan
Genitive borun borların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular borum borlarım
2nd singular borun borların
3rd singular boru borları
1st plural borumuz borlarımız
2nd plural borunuz borlarınız
3rd plural borları borları

Zazaki

Etymology

From Avestan bowra, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown”)

Adjective

bor

  1. grey
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