French
Masculine

abord

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  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

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.bɔʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
Cognate with Old High German
bort
Cognate with Old English
bord
Cognate with Old Norse
borð
In summary

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.

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