borne

See also Borne

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bɔːn/
• (US) IPA: /boʊɹn/, /bɔːɹn/

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  • Note that born is never pronounced /boʊɹn/ (only /bɔːɹn/) even when borne is.
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

Adjective

borne (not comparable)

1. carried, supported.
   • 1901 - Joseph Conrad, Falk: A Reminiscence

     In the last rays of the setting sun, you could pick out far away down the reach his beard borne high up on the white structure, foaming up stream to anchor for the night.

   • 1881: Oscar Wilde, "Rome Unvisited", Poems, page 44

     When, bright with purple and with gold,
     Come priest and holy cardinal,
     And borne above the heads of all
     The gentle Shepherd of the Fold.

   • c.2000 - David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt, II

     Irving is further required, as a matter of practice, to spell out what he contends are the specific defamatory meanings borne by those passages.

Translations

carried, supported

• Catalan: cargar amb (ca)
• Dutch: gedragen (nl), ondersteund (nl)

• Spanish: soportado (es), aguantado (es)

Verb

borne

1. Past participle of bear
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, The Dust of Conflict chapter 21 [1]

     “Can't you understand that love without confidence is a worthless thing—and that had you trusted me I would have borne any obloquy with you. […] ”

Synonyms

• endured

Anagrams

• boner

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French

Etymology

Late Latin bodina, butina, from Transalpine Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔʁn/

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Noun

borne f (plural bornes)

1. A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
2. A territorial boundary marker.
3. A territorial or geographical border.
4. A milestone such as those alongside a roadway.
5. (slang) A kilometre.
6. mark

   dépasser les bornes

   cross the mark

Derived terms

• borné
• borner

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Late Latin bodina, butina, from Gaulish.

Noun

borne f (plural bornes)

1. boundary stone