polder

See also: Polder and pólder

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊldə/, /ˈpɒldə/
• Hyphenation: pol‧der
• Rhymes: -əʊldə(r)

Noun

polder (plural polders)

1. (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes. [from 17th c.]
   • 1999, Philipp Blom, translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage 2001, p. 43:

     The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.

Translations

area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes

• Czech: polder m
• Danish: kog c
• Dutch: polder (nl) m
• Finnish: polderi (fi)
• French: polder (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Polder (de) m
• Italian: polder m
• Portuguese: pólder m (Portugal), pôlder m (Brazil)
• Russian: по́льдер (ru) m (pólʹder)
• Spanish: pólder m

Verb

polder (third-person singular simple present polders, present participle poldering, simple past and past participle poldered)

1. To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dər/

Noun

polder (plural polders)

1. polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, perhaps from polla (“A low ground elevation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pol‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔldər

Noun

polder m (plural polders, diminutive poldertje n)

1. (geography) polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

Derived terms

• inpolderen
• kleipolder
• polderen
• poldergemaal
• poldermodel
• poldermolen
• rietpolder
• veenpolder
• zeepolder

Descendants

• Afrikaans: polder
• → English: polder

Further reading

• polder on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔl.dɛʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

polder m (plural polders)

1. (geography) polder

Further reading

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

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Polish

Etymology

From Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dɛr/

Noun

polder m inan

1. (geography) polder

Declension

Declension of polder

	singular	plural
nominative	polder	poldery
genitive	polderu	polderów
dative	polderowi	polderom
accusative	polder	poldery
instrumental	polderem	polderami
locative	polderze	polderach
vocative	polderze	poldery

Derived terms

• (adjective) polderowy

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN