dartboard

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂

Proto-Germanic *darō

Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz

Proto-Germanic *darōþuz

Frankish *darōþubor.

Medieval Latin dardus

Old French dartbor.

Middle English dart

English dart

Proto-Germanic *burdą

Proto-West Germanic *bord

Old English bord

Middle English bord

English board

English dartboard

From dart + board.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːtbɔːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑɹtbɔːɹd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tbɔː(ɹ)d

Noun

dartboard (plural dartboards)

1. A board used as a target for throwing darts.

Translations

target for darts

• Armenian: դարթսի տախտակ (dartʻsi taxtak)
• Finnish: tikkataulu (fi)
• French: cible (fr) f
• German: Dartscheibe (de) f
• Hungarian: dartstábla
• Māori: papa kōpere
• Norwegian: dartskive
• Swedish: darttavla c, piltavla (sv) c (more general)
• Turkish: hedef tahtası

Further reading

• Darts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia