border

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See also: Border and börder

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordure, bordeure, from border (“to border”), from bort, bord (“a border”), of Germanic origin akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). More at board.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

border (plural borders)

  1. The outer edge of something.
    the borders of the garden
    • Bentham
      upon the borders of these solitudes
    • Barrow
      in the borders of death
  2. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
    There's a nice frilly border around the picture frame.
    a solid border around a table of figures
  3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  4. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
    • 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)
      The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday the men had been killed on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, on the border of Kandahar just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.
    • 23 June 2018, Mattha Busb, The Independent, Jogger crosses US-Canada border by mistake, is held for two weeks in detention centre
      A French tourist who accidentally crossed the border into the US from Canada during an evening jog was sent to a detention centre 125 miles away and held for two weeks until she was released.
    The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
  5. (Britain) Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.

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Derived terms

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Verb[edit]

border (third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)

  1. (transitive) To put a border on something.
  2. (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to a border.
    Denmark borders Germany to the south.
  3. (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on or upon).
    Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
  4. (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge.
    • Archbishop Tillotson
      Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly.

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Translations[edit]

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bord +‎ -er, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

border

  1. to border (add a border to)
  2. to border (share a border with)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of border (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive border avoir + past participle
gerund en bordant en ayant + past participle
present participle bordant
/bɔʁ.dɑ̃/
past participle bordé
/bɔʁ.de/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses 		present borde
/bɔʁd/ 		bordes
/bɔʁd/ 		borde
/bɔʁd/ 		bordons
/bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ 		bordez
/bɔʁ.de/ 		bordent
/bɔʁd/
imperfect bordais
/bɔʁ.dɛ/ 		bordais
/bɔʁ.dɛ/ 		bordait
/bɔʁ.dɛ/ 		bordions
/bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ 		bordiez
/bɔʁ.dje/ 		bordaient
/bɔʁ.dɛ/
past historic1 bordai
/bɔʁ.de/ 		bordas
/bɔʁ.da/ 		borda
/bɔʁ.da/ 		bordâmes
/bɔʁ.dam/ 		bordâtes
/bɔʁ.dat/ 		bordèrent
/bɔʁ.dɛʁ/
future borderai
/bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ 		borderas
/bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ 		bordera
/bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ 		borderons
/bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ 		borderez
/bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ 		borderont
/bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
conditional borderais
/bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ 		borderais
/bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ 		borderait
/bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ 		borderions
/bɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		borderiez
/bɔʁ.də.ʁje/ 		borderaient
/bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/
compound
tenses 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior1 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses 		present borde
/bɔʁd/ 		bordes
/bɔʁd/ 		borde
/bɔʁd/ 		bordions
/bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ 		bordiez
/bɔʁ.dje/ 		bordent
/bɔʁd/
imperfect1 bordasse
/bɔʁ.das/ 		bordasses
/bɔʁ.das/ 		bordât
/bɔʁ.da/ 		bordassions
/bɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ 		bordassiez
/bɔʁ.da.sje/ 		bordassent
/bɔʁ.das/
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect1 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
present — borde
/bɔʁd/ 		— bordons
/bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ 		bordez
/bɔʁ.de/ 		—
past — present imperative of avoir + past participle2 — present imperative of avoir + past participle2 present imperative of avoir + past participle2 —
1 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
2 Trudie Maria Booth (2005), French Verbs and Idioms, p. 88.

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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

border

  1. Alternative form of bourdour

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

border n

  1. indefinite plural of bord

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

border m

  1. indefinite plural of bord
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