Bor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bor"

Translingual

Proper noun

Bor

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Norman Loftus Bor (1893-1972).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Proper noun

Bor

1. A town in the Czech Republic.
2. One of several villages in Russia
3. A town in Serbia.
4. A city in South Sudan.
5. A village in Catalonia, Spain.
6. A village in Sweden.
7. A town in Turkey.

Anagrams

• ORB, ROB, Rob, bro, bro., orb, rob

Alemannic German

En Bor. Alicante, Spanie.

Etymology

From Italian porro (“leek, wart”), from Latin porrum.

Noun

Bor m

1. (Uri) wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

German

Chemical element
B
Previous: Beryllium (Be)
Next: Kohlenstoff (C)

Etymology

19th century, clipping of Borax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːr/, [boːɐ̯], [bɔɐ̯]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
• Homophone: bohr

Noun

Bor n (strong, genitive Bors, no plural)

1. boron

Declension

Declension of Bor [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bor
genitive	eines	des	Bors
dative	einem	dem	Bor
accusative	ein	das	Bor

Coordinate terms

• (chemical element): Previous: Beryllium. Next: Kohlenstoff

Further reading

• “Bor” in Duden online
• “Bor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Bor n and French bore m, both ultimately from Latin borax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boːʀ], [boˑə̯]
• Homophone: boer (one pronunciation)

Noun

Bor m (uncountable)

1. boron

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *boriti (“to fight”), bór (“conifer forest”), or personal names such as Borzysław and Borzymir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr
• Syllabification: Bor
• Homophones: bohr, Bohr, bor, BOR

Proper noun

Bor m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bor

	singular	plural
nominative	Bor	Borowie
genitive	Bora	Borów
dative	Borowi	Borom
accusative	Bora	Borów
instrumental	Borem	Borami
locative	Borze	Borach
vocative	Borze	Borowie

Proper noun

Bor f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̂r/
• IPA^(key): /bɔ̀r/

Proper noun

Bôr m anim

1. a male given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	Bor
gen. sing.	Bora
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Bor	Bora	Bori
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Bora	Borov	Borov
dative (dajȃlnik)	Boru	Boroma	Borom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Bora	Bora	Bore
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Boru	Borih	Borih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Borom	Boroma	Bori

Further reading

• “Bor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Turkish

Bor ilçesi

Etymology

From Greek Πόρος (Póros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɾ/

Proper noun

Bor

1. a town and district of Niğde Province, Turkey

Declension

Declension of Bor

	singular	plural
nominative	Bor	Borlar / Bor'lar
accusative	Bor'u	Borları / Bor'ları
dative	Bor'a	Borlara / Bor'lara
locative	Bor'da	Borlarda / Bor'larda
ablative	Bor'dan	Borlardan / Bor'lardan
genitive	Bor'un	Borların / Bor'ların

Possessive forms of Bor

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Bor'um	Borlarım
senin (your)	Bor'un	Borların
onun (his/her/its)	Bor'u	Borları
bizim (our)	Bor'umuz	Borlarımız
sizin (your)	Bor'unuz	Borlarınız
onların (their)	Bor'u	Borları

Derived terms

• Borlu

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Bor”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)