fronteira

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) border (a line or frontier area separating regions)
2. (feminine) the region near a border
3. (feminine, figuratively) separation
4. (feminine, figuratively) limit; boundary

Adj

feminine singular of fronteiro

fronteiro

1. front
2. opposite

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Concepts

border

boundary

limit

frontier

end

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edge

perimeter

bound

borderline

margin

demarcation line

line

confines

delimitation

demarcation

verge

brink

mete

peripherals

threshold

boundary line

margin, rand, brim, border

bounds

confine

degree

divide

boundaries

extreme

borders

frontiers

limits

march

Synonyms

limite

borda

confins

raia

fronteiras

delimitação

aba

limitação

margem

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fronteiras nacionais

perímetro

margem interior

Translations

frontière

frontera

Grenze

grens

frontiera

confine

limite

límite

σύνορο

frontera

límit

sınır

finis

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limite

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɾõˈte(j).ɾɐ/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: fronteira

Cognate with Mirandese: frunteira

Cognate with French: frontière

Cognate with Italian: frontiera

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese fronteira. By surface analysis, fronte + -eira. Compare Galician fronteira, Mirandese frunteira, Spanish and Catalan frontera, French frontière, Italian frontiera. Piecewise doublet of frontaria.