border

Bedeutung

Noun

1. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
2. The outer edge of something.
3. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
4. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
5. 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. A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Verb

1. To put a border on something.
2. To form a border around; to bound.
3. To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
4. To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
5. To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈbɔədə/

Etymologie

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.