bollard

English

Wikipedia

Two bollards (ship mooring posts)

Concrete bollards segregating a pedestrian area from a roadway

Etymology

Origin unknown; perhaps from bole.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɒlɑːd/

Noun

bollard (plural bollards)

1. (nautical) A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured
2. A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.
3. (pejorative) A stupid or foolish person; one who behaves like or resembles a bollard.

Translations

post to secure mooring lines

• Bulgarian: вързало (bg) (vǎrzalo) n, кнехт (bg) (kneht) m
• Dutch: meerpaal (nl) m, bolder (nl) m, aanlegpaal (nl) m
• Finnish: pollari (fi)
• French: bollard (fr) m (rarely used), bitte d'amarrage (fr) f (mooring bollard), bitte (fr) f (rarely used as bitte used alone is a widely used slang word for penis)
• German: Poller (de) m
• Icelandic: polli (is) m

• Irish: ceap ceangail (ga) m
• Italian: bitta (it) f
• Jèrriais: lache f
• Latin: caudex (la) m
• Maori: pūtiki (mi)
• Russian: кнехт (ru) (knext) m, прикол (ru) (prikól) m
• Spanish: noray (es) m, bolardo (es) m

post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area

• Dutch: verkeerspaal (nl) m (road bollard), poller (nl) m (retractible road bollard)
• Finnish: tolppa (fi)
• French: borne (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: Poller (de) m
• Irish: ceap ceangail (ga) m, mullard (ga) m
• Russian: столб (ru) (stolb) m, тумба (ru) (túmba) f
• Spanish: bolardo (es) m

See also

• (traffic bollard): cone