borde

See also: Borde, bordé, and Börde

Albanian

Noun

borde f

1. opening or hole (in a wall or roof)

Danish

"Borde" meaning "tables" in Danish, here multiple stored folding tables.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥oːɐ]

Noun

borde n

1. indefinite plural of bord

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto bordo

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ebor.

Russian -е (-e)influ.

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Polish -einflu.

Czech -einflu.

Esperanto -e

Esperanto borde

From bordo (“shore, bank”) + -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈborde/
• Rhymes: -orde
• Syllabification: bor‧de

Adverb

borde

1. on the shore

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔʁd/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Verb

borde

1. inflection of border:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• brode, brodé

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

borde

1. alternative form of bord

Etymology 2

Noun

borde

1. alternative form of bourde

Etymology 3

Verb

borde

1. alternative form of bourden (“to jape”)

Middle Low German

Etymology 1

Köbler suggests an unattested ancestor Old Saxon *borda.

Noun

bōrde m

1. border; edge
2. hem
3. belt

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: bord

Etymology 2

Köbler suggests an unattested ancestor Old Saxon *buritha.

Noun

bōrde f

1. joke; game

References

• "bōrde (1)" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
• "bōrde (2)" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈporːte/

Verb

borde

1. inflection of bordit:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse borði, indefinite dative singular of borð.

Noun

borde n

1. (dialectal) dative singular of bord

References

• “bord”, in Norsk Ordbok: Ordbok over det Norske Folkemålet og det Nynorske Skriftmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bordā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbor.de/, [ˈborˠ.de]

Noun

borde f

1. board
2. table

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	borde	bordan
accusative	bordan	bordan
genitive	bordan	bordena
dative	bordan	bordum

Related terms

• bord
• borda

Portuguese

Verb

borde

1. inflection of bordar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɾde/ [ˈboɾ.ð̞e]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -oɾde
• Syllabification: bor‧de

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *burdą

Frankish *bordbor.

Old French bord

French bordbor.

Spanish borde

Borrowed from French bord.

Noun

borde m (plural bordes)

1. edge, border, brink, verge, rim, margin
2. brim, rim, lip (top edge of a vessel or container)
3. side (of the road, highway, freeway, etc.)
4. ledge (of a window)
5. edging, fringe (shaping or dressing the edge of something)

Derived terms

• abordar
• al borde de (“on the verge of, on the brink of, on the precipice of”)
• al borde del abismo
• borde de ataque
• borde de la carretera (“roadside”)
• bordo
• desbordar

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Late Latin burdus

Catalan bordbor.

Spanish borde

Borrowed from Catalan bord, from Late Latin burdus (“bastard”).

Adjective

borde m or f (masculine and feminine plural bordes)

1. bastard (born out of wedlock)

   Synonym: bastardo

2. (colloquial, Spain) rude, impertinent

   Synonyms: impertinente, antipático

Etymology 3

Verb

borde

1. inflection of bordar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “borde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːɖə/

• Audio:

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Verb

borde

1. past indicative of böra

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English bord, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrd/

Noun

borde

1. table

Derived terms

• met-borde

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 27