borne

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bɔːn/
• (US) IPA: /boʊɹn/, /bɔːɹn/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
  • Note that born is never pronounced /boʊɹn/ (only /bɔːɹn/) even when borne is.
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

[edit] 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.

[edit] Quotations

• (A date for this quote is being sought): - Oscar Wilde, Rome Unvisited

  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.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

borne

1. Past participle of bear.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: benor
• boner

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Late Latin bodina, botina, from Transalpine Gaulish.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔʁn/
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[edit] 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• borné
• borner