bordering

English

Verb

bordering

1. present participle of border

Adjective

bordering (not comparable)

1. Having a common boundary or border

   France and Spain are bordering nations.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:

     King Pyrrhus was at dinner at an ale-house bordering on the theatre, when he was summoned to go on the stage.

Related terms

• border on

Translations

having a common boundary or border

• Chinese:

  Simplified: 设立疆界 (shèlìjiāngjiè)

  Traditional: 設立疆界／设立疆界 (shèlìjiāngjiè)

• Finnish: olla rajanaapuri
• French: limitrophe (fr)
• German: angrenzend (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: cingente (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilgrensende

  Nynorsk: tilgrensande

• Spanish: lindante, colindante, rayano
• Turkish: sınırdaş (tr), hemhudut (tr)

Noun

bordering (plural borderings)

1. A pattern or ornament forming a border.
   • 1874, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine

     White silk borderings and silver buckles.