styrbord

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Swedish styrbord.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /styrboːr/, [ˈsd̥yɐ̯ˌb̥oːˀɐ̯]

Noun

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styrbord

  1. starboard (right hand side of a vessel)

Adverb

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styrbord

  1. toward the starboard side

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Old Norse stjórnborði.

Noun

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styrbord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

  1. (nautical, aviation) starboard (right hand side)
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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Old Norse stjórnborði.

Noun

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styrbord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

  1. (nautical, aviation) starboard (right hand side)
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References

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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From styra (steer) +‎ bord (bord, side of ship), the side which the steering oar was located, i.e. right. Likely a calque of Low German stürbort. First attested in 1687.[1]

Adverb

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styrbord (not comparable)

  1. in starboard (right) direction of a vessel
    Antonym: babord

Noun

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styrbord n

  1. starboard (right) side of a vessel
    Antonym: babord

Declension

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Declension of styrbord 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative styrbord styrbordet
Genitive styrbords styrbordets

References

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Further reading

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  • styrbord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)