different between bort vs bortz

English

Alternative forms

• boart
• boort

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

bort (countable and uncountable, plural borts)

1. Poor-quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.
   • 1931, Business Week, Issues 82-94, page 25,

     Bits that would require 4 to 16 carbonadoes are now set with 40 to 80 borts.

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• boart, bört

Etymology

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurd? (“word”). Cognate with German Wort, English word.

Noun

bort n

1. (Sappada) word

References

• “bort” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• bóart (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurd? (“word”). Cognate with German Wort, English word.

Noun

bort n (plural börtar)

1. (Luserna, Tredici Comuni) word

References

• “bort” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Etymology

First known occurrence of the expression in the Czech language (16th century) was in the sense side (of a gutter or hole). From early Middle High German bord, bort ("side", especially of a ship; originally "a board", "a plank"). This comes from Proto-Indo-European *b?erH- (“cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bort]

Noun

bort m

1. (nautical) board, side of a ship [16th c.]

Declension

Related terms

• bortit

References

Further reading

• bort in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• bort in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• torb

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse burt, brott, braut, originally an adverbial accusative of the noun braut (“way”). For the semantic development of the noun, compare English away, German weg (“away”) (hence Danish væk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b???d?]

Adverb

bort

1. away, off (things, people that are in motion)

See also

• borte

Synonyms

• væk

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German borde, from Proto-Germanic *burdô (“rim, edging”), cognate with German Borte. Probably related to *burd? (“board”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?o???d?]

Noun

bort c (singular definite borten, plural indefinite borter)

1. border, edging, trimming
2. band, ribbon

Inflection

Hungarian

Etymology

bor +? -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bort]
• Hyphenation: bort

Noun

bort

1. accusative singular of bor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu

Adverb

bort

1. away

Derived terms

Preposition

bort

1. away

Related terms

• borte

References

• “bort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /burt/

Adverb

bort

1. away

Derived terms

• bortføre, bortføra
• bortimot
• bortskjemt

Preposition

bort

1. away

References

• “bort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, brott, braut.

Pronunciation

Adverb

bort

1. away, off

Verb

bort

1. supine of böra.

See also

• borta

English

Alternative forms

• boart, bort

Noun

bortz (uncountable)

1. Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive diamond powder; bort.
   • 1906 September, X-Rays and a Diamond Thief, Popular Mechanics, page 932,

     It is also noticeable that the black diamond, No. 20, a dull and lusterless substance, is as transparent to the X-rays as the brilliants, while the diamond bortz, No. 6, is much less transparent than either, though more so than the imitation, No 19.

   • 1939, Materials Engineering, Volume 10, page 358,

     These main categories of industrial diamonds, gem stones, bortz, and carbonados, are further subdivided into smaller classes. For instance, particularly fine bortz of a round form composed of crystals radiating from a common center are known as ballas.