border

See also: Border and börder

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordure, bordeure, from border (“to border”), from bort, bord (“a border”), of Germanic origin akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). More at board.

Pronunciation
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /bɔədə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɔːdə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɔɹdəɹ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
  • Homophone: boarder

Noun

border (plural borders)

  1. The outer edge of something.
    the borders of the garden
    • Bentham
      upon the borders of these solitudes
    • Barrow
      in the borders of death
  2. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
    There's a nice frilly border around the picture frame.
    a solid border around a table of figures
  3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  4. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
    • 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 border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
  5. (Britain) Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

border (third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)

  1. (transitive) To put a border on something.
  2. (transitive) To form a border around; to bound.
  3. (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
    Denmark borders Germany to the south.
  4. (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
    Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
  5. (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
    • Archbishop Tillotson
      Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly.

Derived terms

Translations
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French

Etymology

bord +‎ -er, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔʁ.de/
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Verb

border

  1. to border (add a border to)
  2. to border (share a border with)

Conjugation
Conjugation of border (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle bordant
/bɔʁ.dɑ̃/
past participle bordé
/bɔʁ.de/
infinitive
simple border
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple bordant
/bɔʁ.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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/
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
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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

border

  1. Alternative form of bourdour

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

border n

  1. indefinite plural of bord

Etymology 2

Noun

border m

  1. indefinite plural of bord
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