bór

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bor"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːr]
• Rhymes: -oːr

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• bor

Noun

bór m inan

1. boron

Declension

Declension of bór (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bór	bóry
genitive	bóru	bórů
dative	bóru	bórům
accusative	bór	bóry
vocative	bóre	bóry
locative	bóru	bórech
instrumental	bórem	bóry

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bór f

1. genitive plural of bóra

Further reading

• “bór”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “bór”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• rób

Hungarian

Chemical element
B
Previous: berillium (Be)
Next: szén (C)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːr]
• Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

bór (usually uncountable, plural bórok)

1. boron (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bór	bórok
accusative	bórt	bórokat
dative	bórnak	bóroknak
instrumental	bórral	bórokkal
causal-final	bórért	bórokért
translative	bórrá	bórokká
terminative	bórig	bórokig
essive-formal	bórként	bórokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bórban	bórokban
superessive	bóron	bórokon
adessive	bórnál	bóroknál
illative	bórba	bórokba
sublative	bórra	bórokra
allative	bórhoz	bórokhoz
elative	bórból	bórokból
delative	bórról	bórokról
ablative	bórtól	bóroktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	bóré	bóroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	bóréi	bórokéi

Possessive forms of bór
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bórom	bórjaim
2nd person sing.	bórod	bórjaid
3rd person sing.	bórja	bórjai
1st person plural	bórunk	bórjaink
2nd person plural	bórotok	bórjaitok
3rd person plural	bórjuk	bórjaik

Further reading

• bór in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bór in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Chemical element
B
Previous: beryllín (Be)
Next: kolefni (C)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pouːr/
• Rhymes: -ouːr

Noun

bór n (genitive singular bórs, no plural)

1. boron

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbo˨ʁ]

Noun

bór n

1. (uncountable) boron
2. A part of boron

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borъ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbur/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈbor/
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈbor/

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: bór

Noun

bór m inan (diminutive borek)

1. a conifer forest
2. (Kuyavia, Near Masovian) Synonym of las

Usage notes

Both bór and las have been used to a similar degree in the Kuyavian dialect. However, in the Near Masovian dialects, bór has sometimes been used more.

Declension

Declension of bór

	singular	plural
nominative	bór	bory
genitive	boru	borów
dative	borowi	borom
accusative	bór	bory
instrumental	borem	borami
locative	borze	borach
vocative	borze	bory

Derived terms

adjective

• borowy

 

nouns

• borowik
• borowina
• borówka

 

Further reading

• bór in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bór in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “bór”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 268
• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “bór”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 240

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit भर (bhara, “weight”).

Adjective

bór

1. heavy

Slovak

Chemical element
B
Previous: berýlium (Be)
Next: uhlík (C)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːr/

Noun

bór m inan (genitive singular bóru, declension pattern of dub)

1. boron (element)

Further reading

• “bór”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024