border
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɔədə/ (Australia)
- (RP) IPA: /bɔːdə/
- (US) IPA: /bɔrdər/
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)də(r)
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English bordure from Old French bordure, bordeure from border "to border" from bort, bord "border", of Germanic origin akin to Middle High German borte "border, trim", German Borte "ribbon, trimming". More at board.
[edit] Noun
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border (plural borders)
- The outer edge of something.
- a solid 1px border around a table
- A decorative strip around the edge of something.
- A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
- The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- (British) 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 make up.
[edit] Translations
the outer edge of something
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a decorative strip around the edge of something
a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
the line or frontier area separating regions
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[edit] Verb
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to border (third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)
[edit] Translations
(transitive) to put a border on something
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(transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
border
- to border
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of border (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | border | avoir bordé | |||||
| gerund | en bordant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | bordant | ||||||
| past participle | bordé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | borde | bordes | borde | bordons | bordez | bordent |
| imperfect | bordais | bordais | bordait | bordions | bordiez | bordaient | |
| past historic | bordai | bordas | borda | bordâmes | bordâtes | bordèrent | |
| future | borderai | borderas | bordera | borderons | borderez | borderont | |
| conditional | borderais | borderais | borderait | borderions | borderiez | borderaient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | borde | bordes | borde | bordions | bordiez | bordent |
| imperfect | bordasse | bordasses | bordât | bordassions | bordassiez | bordassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | borde | — | bordons | bordez | — | ||
