different between klingon vs borg

Esperanto

Noun

klingon

1. accusative singular of klingo

Finnish

Etymology

From the TV series Star Trek

Noun

klingon

1. Klingon, Klingonese (fictional language)
2. A Klingon (fictional character)

Declension

French

Etymology

From the TV series Star Trek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli?.??n/

Noun

klingon m (uncountable)

1. the Klingon language

Adjective

klingon (feminine singular klingonne, masculine plural klingons, feminine plural klingonnes)

1. Klingon

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

klingon m (uncountable)

1. Klingon (artificial language from the Star Trek franchise)

Spanish

Adjective

klingon (invariable)

1. Klingon

Noun

klingon m (plural Klingon)

1. (science fiction) Klingon (a member of the Klingon species in Star Trek)
2. (science fiction) Klingon (artificial language from the Star Trek franchise)

English

Etymology

Contraction of "cybernetic organism", via cyborg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??(?)?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)?

Noun

borg (plural borgs)

1. cyborg
   • 2003, Dalos Gaymer, “Gotcha Force Review for GameCube”, GameFAQs:

     You'll also have to put together a team or Force of borgs that you won from winning battles. Before battle you assemble your Force within the GF Energy Limit. Each borg has a cost attached to them and this GF Energy Limit is kind of like your budget.

Verb

borg (third-person singular simple present borgs, present participle borging, simple past and past participle borged)

1. Alternative spelling of Borg

Anagrams

• Grob, brog

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

borg m

1. (Sette Comuni) furrow (trench cut in soil)

References

• “borg” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p??w], [?p?w?]
• Homophone: bov

Etymology 1

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), cognate with German Burg (“castle”) and English borough. The Germanic noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“to rise”), which is also the source of Danish bjerg (“mountain”).

Noun

borg c (singular definite borgen, plural indefinite borge)

1. castle, stronghold

Inflection

Further reading

• borg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German borg, borge. Compare German Borg (“credit”).

Noun

borg c

1. (dated) credit

Etymology 3

See borge (“to guarantee, vouch for”).

Verb

See the etymology of the main entry.

1. imperative of borge

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?rx/
• Hyphenation: borg
• Rhymes: -?rx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch borge.

Noun

borg m (plural borgen)

1. surety, bail

   Synonyms: borgtocht, cautie

2. guarantor
3. deposit

Derived terms

• borgtocht

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: boreh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

borg

1. singular past indicative of bergen
2. first-person singular present indicative of borgen
3. imperative of borgen

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??k/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“fort”). Related to berg (“mountain”), bjørg (“mountain side”).

Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, plural borgir)

1. castle, stronghold

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish borg, from Middle Low German borg, borge. Compare German Borg (“credit”).

Noun

borg n (genitive singular borgs, uncountable)

1. bail
2. (dated) credit

Declension

Synonyms

• (bail): borgan

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??-. Related to berg, bjarg (“rock, cliff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?rk/
• Rhymes: -?rk

Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, nominative plural borgir)

1. city
2. castle
3. a rocky hill (with cliffs)

Declension

Derived terms

Irish

Noun

borg m (genitive singular boirg, nominative plural boirg)

1. Alternative form of buirg (“borough”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "borg" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“fort”).

Noun

borg m or f (definite singular borga or borgen, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

1. a castle (fortified building)

References

• “borg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“fort”).

Noun

borg f (definite singular borga, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

1. a castle

References

• “borg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bor?/, [bor??]

Noun

borg m (nominative plural borgas)

1. pledge

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“fortified elevation”).

Noun

borg f (genitive borgar, plural borgir)

1. A city, town (often fortified)
2. A castle
3. Any fortified place

Declension

Descendants

• Danish: borg
• Elfdalian: borg
• Faroese: borg
• Icelandic: borg
• Norwegian Bokmål: borg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: borg
• Old Swedish: borgh
  • Swedish: borg
• Old Gutnish: burg, borg

References

• borg in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish borgh (“fortress, city”), from Old Norse borg (also "bulwark", "wall'), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??-. Akin to English borough, burgh, Old Irish bri (hence the name Birgitta).

Pronunciation

Noun

borg c

1. a fortified castle (or city)

Declension

Related terms

See also

• slott (non-fortified)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English, from cyborg.

Noun

borg c

1. a borg

Declension