abord

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Quotations 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Usage notes 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.2.3 Related terms 2.3 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

• From French aborder, a- + bord "rim", "brim", "side of a vessel". See border, board.

[edit] Noun

abord (plural abords)

1. Manner of approaching or accosting; address.

[edit] Verb

to abord (third-person singular simple present abords, present participle abording, simple past and past participle aborded)

1. (obsolete) To approach.
2. (obsolete) To accost.

[edit] Quotations

• 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 82

  Mrs Hurstpierpoint aborded her with a smile.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abdor
• board
• broad, B road
• dobra, Dobra

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

abord m. (plural abords)

1. (literary) The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
2. (rare) The surroundings of a place.
3. (archaic) Arrival or accessibility by water.

[edit] Usage notes

• In the sense "surroundings", the word is almost always a pluralia tantum.
• The sense "manner of acting" is usually now perceived as a backformation from aborder (“‘to approach’”), and is most common in the expression être d'un abord and variations of it.

[edit] Derived terms

• abords
• d'abord
• tout d'abord
• au premier abord
• aux abords de
• de prime abord
• d'abord que
• d'un abord

[edit] Related terms

• aborder
• babord
• bord
• tribord

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abdor
• borda
• broda