Masculine
abord
Meaning
- (literary, masculine) the manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter
- (masculine, rare) the surroundings of a place
- (archaic, masculine) arrival or accessibility by water
Concepts
entrance fee
entrance money
adress
admission fee
admission charge
price of admission
rise to power
Synonyms
accésibilité
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.bɔʁ/
Etymology
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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