border

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

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.

[edit] Noun

border (plural borders)

  1. The outer edge of something.
    a solid 1px border around a table
  2. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
    There's a nice frilly border around the picture frame.
  3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  4. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
    The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
  5. (UK) 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
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

[edit] 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 lie on, or adjacent to a border.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

[edit] Translations

(transitive) to put a border on something
(transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
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[edit] Derived terms

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

bord +‎ -er, of Germanic origin.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

border

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

[edit] Conjugation

   Conjugation of border (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive border avoir bordé
gerund en bordant en ayant bordé
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 historic1 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 anterior1 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
imperfect1 bordasse bordasses bordât bordassions bordassiez bordassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— borde — bordons bordez —
1literary tenses

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