babord

See also: bâbord

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.bɔʁ/

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Noun

babord m (plural babords)

1. Archaic spelling of bâbord.; larboard, port (the left side of a ship)

   Antonym: tribord

Further reading

• “babord”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bobard

Norman

Etymology

From Old Norse bakborði.

Noun

babord m (plural babords)

1. (nautical) port (left-hand side of a vessel)

Derived terms

• à babord (“aport”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bakborð, bakborði.

Adverb

babord

1. (nautical) aport

Noun

babord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. (nautical, aviation) port (left hand side)

Related terms

• styrbord

References

• “babord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bakbord

Etymology

From Old Norse bakborð, bakborði.

Adverb

babord

1. (nautical) aport

Noun

babord (indeclinable)

1. (nautical, aviation, uncountable) port (left hand side)

Related terms

• styrbord

References

• “babord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bâbord.

Noun

babord n (plural baborduri)

1. port (left-hand side of a vessel)

Declension

Declension of babord

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) babord	babordul	(niște) baborduri	babordurile
genitive/dative	(unui) babord	babordului	(unor) baborduri	babordurilor
vocative	babordule		babordurilor

Swedish

Etymology

From bak (“back, behind”) +‎ bord (“bord, side of ship”), i.e. the side you turned your back to when steering the vessel as the steering oar was on starboard side. Calque of Dutch bakboord. First attested in 1691.

Adverb

babord (not comparable)

1. aport, on the left side of a vessel

   Antonym: styrbord

Noun

babord n

1. port, left side of a vessel

   Antonym: styrbord

Declension

Declension of babord
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	babord	babordet	—	—
Genitive	babords	babordets	—	—

References

• babord in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)
• babord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• babord in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)