Complete Definition of "border"

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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/b��d�/ (Australia)
IPA|/b��d�/ (RP)
IPA|/b�rd�r/ (US)
audio|en-us-border.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)d�(r)|-��(r)d�(r)

Homophones
boarder

Etymology
From OF. bordure.

Noun
en-noun

  1. The outer edge of something.

#: a solid 1px border around a table

  1. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
  2. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  3. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

Translations
trans-top|the outer edge of something
Dutch: t+|nl|rand|m
French: t+|fr|bord|m, t+|fr|bordure|f
German: t+|de|Grenze|f
Hebrew: he-translation|����|gvul m
Italian: t+|it|confine|f
trans-mid
Portuguese: borda f, margem f
Russian: t+|ru|г�ани�а|f|trgranítsa|scCyrl
Serbian: t-|sr|granica|f
Spanish: t-|es|borde|m
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trans-top|a decorative strip around the edge of something
French: t+|fr|bordure
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|orla|f
Serbian: grani�nik f
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trans-top|a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
Dutch: t-|nl|border|m
Serbian: grani�nik f
trans-mid
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trans-top|the line or frontier area separating regions
Arabic: ARchar|حد�د m
Aragonese: muga f
Bosnian: t-|bs|granica|f
Chinese: �� (guó jìng)
Czech: t+|cs|hranice|f
Danish: t+|da|grænse|c
Dutch: t+|nl|grens|f
French: frontière f
German: Grenze f, Gemerke n
Hebrew: ���� (gvul) m
Icelandic: t+|is|landamæri
Indonesian: t+|id|perbatasan|xs=Indonesian
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|confine|f, t-|it|frontiera
Japanese: �� (�����, kunizakai; �����, kokky�)
Korean: êµ­ê²½ (gukgyeong)
Polish: t+|pl|granica|f
Portuguese: fronteira f
Romanian: t-|ro|graniţ�|f
Russian: t+|ru|г�ани�а|f|trgranítsa|scCyrl
Serbian: t-|sr|granica|f
Spanish: t+|es|frontera|f
Thai: THchar|�าย��� (chaai daen)
Yiddish: �רענעץ (grenets) m|f
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Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive To put a border on something.
  2. transitive To lie on, or adjacent to a border.

Translations

Danish: begrænse (1), grænse (2)
Dutch: t+|nl|begrenzen
French: t+|fr|border
German: begrenzen (1), an (etwas) grenzen (2)
mid
Hebrew: ������ (le'hagbyl) (1), ����� (le'higavel) (2)
Malayalam: �തിര��ത�തി (athirthi)

Derived terms
border on
cross-border


French

Etymology
bord + -er#French|-er

Noun
border

  1. to border

Conjugation
fr-conj-er|bord|avoir

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id:border
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hu:border
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ru:border
fi:border
ta:border
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vi:border
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zh:border

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