different between harbour vs fiord

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??b?/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?h??b??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?(?)

Noun

harbour (plural harbours)

1. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

Derived terms

• Rosslare Harbour

Translations

Verb

harbour (third-person singular simple present harbours, present participle harbouring, simple past and past participle harboured)

1. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

   The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.

   • The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.

   • 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert

     Nor let your gentle Breast harbor one Thought Of Outrage from the Kin.

References

• “harbour”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Noun

fiord (plural fiords)

1. (now chiefly New Zealand) Alternative spelling of fjord

Derived terms

• Fiordland

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

fiord m (plural fiords)

1. fjord

French

Pronunciation

Noun

fiord m (plural fiords)

1. Alternative spelling of fjord

Polish

Etymology

From Norwegian fjord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??rt/

Noun

fiord m inan

1. fjord
2. Fjord horse

   Synonyms: fiording, fiordyng

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) fiordowy

Related terms

• (nouns) fiording, fiordyng

Further reading

• fiord in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French fjord

Noun

fiord n (plural fiorduri)

1. fjord

Declension