abord

Meaning

  1. (literary, masculine) the manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter
  2. (masculine, rare) the surroundings of a place
  3. (archaic, masculine) arrival or accessibility by water

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.bɔʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from aborder, from Old French aborder (“to hit a ship in order to board it”), from bord (“side of a ship, edge”), from Frankish *bord (“side of a ship or vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“edge, border, side”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheredh- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old High German bort (“edge, rim, rand”), Old English bord (“ship, side of a ship”), Old Norse borð (“edge, side of a vessel”). More at board.

Bookmark this

Improve your pronunciation

French

Start learning French with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "abord" and many other words and sentences in French.

Go to our French course page

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes