different between border vs bordure

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er.

Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?b??d?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??d?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)
• Homophone: boarder (accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Noun

border (countable and uncountable, plural borders)

1. The outer edge of something.

   the borders of the garden

   • 1843, Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation, Fragment on Government, Civil Code, Penal Law

     upon the borders of these solitudes

   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Reptentance (sermon)

     in the borders of death

2. A decorative strip around the edge of something.

3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
4. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
   • 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)

     The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday the men had been killed on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, on the border of Kandahar just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.

   • 23 June 2018, Mattha Busb, The Independent, Jogger crosses US-Canada border by mistake, is held for two weeks in detention centre

     A French tourist who accidentally crossed the border into the US from Canada during an evening jog was sent to a detention centre 125 miles away and held for two weeks until she was released.

5. (Britain, uncountable) border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
6. (computing) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

border (third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)

1. (transitive) To put a border on something.
2. (transitive) To form a border around; to bound.
3. (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.

   Denmark borders Germany to the south.

4. (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).

   Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

5. (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Folly of Scoffing at Religion

     Wit which borders upon profaneness […] deserves to be branded as folly.

Derived terms

• border on
• cross-border

Translations

Anagrams

• roberd

French

Etymology

From bord +? -er, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.de/

Verb

border

1. to border (add a border to)
2. to border (share a border with)
3. to tuck in

Conjugation

Derived terms

• avoir le cul bordé de nouilles

Further reading

• “border” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• broder, rebord

Middle English

Noun

border

1. Alternative form of bourdour

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• bord

Noun

border n

1. indefinite plural of bord

Etymology 2

Noun

border m

1. indefinite plural of bord

English

Etymology

Old French bordure. Doublet of border.

Noun

bordure (plural bordures)

1. (heraldry) A contrasting border around a shield.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brodeur, bourder

Dutch

Verb

bordure

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of borduren

French

Etymology

From Old French bordure, bordeure, from border (“to border”), from bort, bord (“a border”), of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.dy?/

Noun

bordure f (plural bordures)

1. border (the outer edge of something)
2. (heraldry) bordure
3. (nautical) The foot of a sail
4. kerb (the edge of a pavement or sidewalk)

Descendants

• ? Georgian: ???????? (bordiuri)
• ? Russian: ?????? (bordjur)

Further reading

• “bordure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• brodeur

Italian

Noun

bordure f

1. plural of bordura

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bordeure, bordoure, bourdour, bourdur

Etymology

From Old French bordure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?r?diu?r(?)/, /b??r?diu?r(?)/, /?bu?rd?r(?)/, /?b?rd?r(?)/

Noun

bordure (plural bordures)

1. An edge, boundary, demarcation
2. (heraldry) A heraldic border; a bordure
3. A decorative border or edge

Descendants

• English: border
• Scots: border, bordour

References

• “b??rd?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.