bordering

English

Verb

bordering

1. present participle and gerund 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

• Catalan: limítrof (ca), fronterer (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設立疆界／设立疆界 (shèlìjiāngjiè)

• Finnish: olla rajanaapuri
• French: limitrophe (fr)
• German: angrenzend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πρόσχορος (próskhoros), ὅμορος (hómoros)

• Italian: cingente (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilgrensende

  Nynorsk: tilgrensande

• Portuguese: fronteiriço (pt), limítrofe (pt)
• Spanish: lindante, colindante (es), rayano, fronterizo (es), limítrofe (es)
• Swedish: angränsande (sv)
• 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.