bor
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English
Etymology
Possibly from Old English ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”)[1]
Noun
bor (plural bors)
References
- bur definition taken from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary By John R. Clark Hall, Herbert Dean Meritt, 1916.
Anagrams
Albanian
Noun
bor m
Catalan
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Pronunciation
Noun
bor m (uncountable)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “bor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cimbrian
Preposition
bor
- Unstressed form of bòr (“for”).
Czech
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Czech bor, from Proto-Slavic *borъ. Because in Slovak and Polish dialects it means "marsh", it is sometimes associated with Proto-Slavic *bara, meaning the same. More probably it is connected with Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-u-. Compare also borůvka.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
bor m inan
- wood consisting of pines, pine wood
- 1834, František Škroup, “Kde domov můj” (national anthem of the Czech Republic). Lyrics by Josef Kajetán Tyl:
- Kde domov můj, kde domov můj? / Voda hučí po lučinách, / bory šumí po skalinách, / v sadě skví se jara květ, / zemský ráj to na pohled!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1834, František Škroup, “Kde domov můj” (national anthem of the Czech Republic). Lyrics by Josef Kajetán Tyl:
Declension
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| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | bor | bory |
| genitive | boru | borů |
| dative | boru | borům |
| accusative | bor | bory |
| vocative | bore | bory |
| locative | boru | borech |
| instrumental | borem | bory |
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Declension of bor (hard masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Bor, which is a shortened form of Borax derived from Medieval Latin borax, from Arabic بورق (“būraq”), from Persian بوره (“būrah”).[2]
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
bor m inan
Declension
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| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | bor | bory |
| genitive | boru | borů |
| dative | boru | borům |
| accusative | bor | bory |
| vocative | bore | bory |
| locative | boru | borech |
| instrumental | borem | bory |
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Declension of bor (hard masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
References
- Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bor1”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, pages 92–93
- Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bor2”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 93
Further reading
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the stem of borax.
Noun
bor n (singular definite boret, not used in plural form)
- boron (chemical element)
Etymology 2
Noun
bor n (singular definite boret, plural indefinite bor)
Inflection
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| neuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bor | boret | bor | borene |
| genitive | bors | borets | bors | borenes |
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Etymology 3
See bo
Verb
bor
Etymology 4
See bore
Verb
bor
- imperative of bore
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽳𐽾 (bor, “wine”), ultimately from Middle Persian bōr (“reddish-brown”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”). Compare Ossetian бур (bur, “yellow”), Northern Kurdish bor (“grey”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bor (plural borok)
- wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes)
- wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable)
- (figuratively) wine (intoxication caused by wine)
- A bor beszél belőle. ― It must be the wine. (literally, “The wine is talking out of him/her.”)
Declension
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| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | bor | borok |
| accusative | bort | borokat |
| dative | bornak | boroknak |
| instrumental | borral | borokkal |
| causal-final | borért | borokért |
| translative | borrá | borokká |
| terminative | borig | borokig |
| essive-formal | borként | borokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | borban | borokban |
| superessive | boron | borokon |
| adessive | bornál | boroknál |
| illative | borba | borokba |
| sublative | borra | borokra |
| allative | borhoz | borokhoz |
| elative | borból | borokból |
| delative | borról | borokról |
| ablative | bortól | boroktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
boré | boroké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
boréi | borokéi |
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| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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| 1st person sing. | borom | boraim |
| 2nd person sing. | borod | boraid |
| 3rd person sing. | bora | borai |
| 1st person plural | borunk | boraink |
| 2nd person plural | borotok | boraitok |
| 3rd person plural | boruk | boraik |
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Derived terms
(Compound words with this term at the beginning):
- borárus
- borbetegség
- borecet
- borexport
- borértékesítés
- borfajta
- borfogyasztás
- borhamisítás
- borivás
- borkancsó
- borkedvelő
- borkiállítás
- borpince
- borszakértő
- borszőlő
- bortudomány
- borvörös
(Compound words with this term at the end):
(Expressions):
References
- bor in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- bor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bor in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bor m (genitive singular bors, nominative plural borar)
Declension
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| singular | plural | |||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bor | borinn | borar | borarnir |
| accusative | bor | borinn | bora | borana |
| dative | bor | bornum | borum | borunum |
| genitive | bors | borsins | bora | boranna |
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Declension of bor (masculine)
Derived terms
- borjárn
- borvél
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutch boor (“drill”).
Noun
Derived terms
- mengebor
- pengebor
- pengeboran
- bor batu
- bor linggis
- bor putar
- bor sentak
- bor tumbuk
- bor udara
- bor ulir
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English board, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board; plank; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to cut”). Cognate of Dutch bord.
Noun
- (colloquial) board
- Synonym: papan
Further reading
- “bor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔːr/
- (Northern, Early Middle English) IPA(key): /bɑːr/
Noun
bor (plural bores)
- A wild or uncastrated pig; a boar.
- The meat or flesh of a boar.
- (figurative) A rough and tough individual.
- (rare, heraldic) A heraldic image of a boar.
Descendants
References
- “bōr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.
Middle High German
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German por; from the root of Old High German beran (“to bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bor m or f
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
References
- bor in M. Lexer, Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch.
Northern Kurdish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *bor.
Adjective
bor
Etymology 2
Noun
bor ?
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
A shortening of boraks
Noun
bor n (definite singular boret, uncountable)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora or borene)
bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural bor, definite plural borene)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
bor
- present of bo
- imperative of bore
References
- “bor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
A shortening of boraks
Noun
bor n (definite singular boret)
- (uncountable) boron (chemical element, symbol B)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora)
bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural borar, definite plural borane)
References
- “bor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
bor m inan
Declension
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| singular | |
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| nominative | bor |
| genitive | boru |
| dative | borowi |
| accusative | bor |
| instrumental | borem |
| locative | borze |
| vocative | borze |
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Etymology 2
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Noun
bor m inan
Declension
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| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | bor | bory |
| genitive | boru | borów |
| dative | borowi | borom |
| accusative | bor | bory |
| instrumental | borem | borami |
| locative | borze | borach |
| vocative | borze | bory |
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Further reading
- bor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French bore, from stem of borax.
Noun
bor n (uncountable)
- boron (chemical element)
Declension
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| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | bor | borul |
| genitive-dative | bor | borului |
| vocative | borule | |
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Etymology 2
Noun
bor n (uncountable)
- brim (of a hat)
Declension
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| singular | plural | ||||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | bor | borul | boruri | borurile | |
| genitive-dative | bor | borului | boruri | borurilor | |
| vocative | borule | borurilor | |||
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Further reading
- bor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borъ.
Noun
bȏr m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)
Declension
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| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | bor | borovi |
| genitive | bora | borova |
| dative | boru | borovima |
| accusative | bor | borove |
| vocative | bore | borovi |
| locative | boru | borovima |
| instrumental | borom | borovima |
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Declension of bor
References
- “bor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Etymology 2
Borrowed from New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq).
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Noun
bȏr m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)
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| nominative | bor | borovi |
| genitive | bora | borova |
| dative | boru | borovima |
| accusative | bor | borove |
| vocative | bore | borovi |
| locative | boru | borovima |
| instrumental | borom | borovima |
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References
- “bor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *borъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
bȍr m inan
Inflection
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| nom. sing. | bòr | ||
| gen. sing. | bôra | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
bòr | bôra | bôri |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
bôra | bôrov | bôrov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
bôru | bôroma | bôrom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
bòr | bôra | bôre |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
bôru | bôrih | bôrih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
bôrom | bôroma | bôri |
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Etymology 2
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From New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq).
Pronunciation
Noun
bọ̑r m inan
Inflection
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Further reading
- “bor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Swedish
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Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Noun
bor n
- boron (chemical element)
Declension
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| nominative | genitive | ||
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| singular | indefinite | bor | bors |
| definite | boret | borets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
bor
- indefinite plural of bo
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
bor
- present indicative of bo
References
Anagrams
Turkish
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Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بور (bor), borrowed from French bore.
Pronunciation
Noun
bor (definite accusative boru, plural borlar)
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Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
bor m inan
- (colloquial) foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
- Synonym: zornjaty włosanc
Declension
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| singular | dual | plural | |
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| nominative | bor | boraj | bory |
| genitive | bora | borow | borow |
| dative | borej | boromaj | boram |
| accusative | bor | boraj | bory |
| instrumental | borom | boromaj | borami |
| locative | borje / boru | boromaj | borach |
| vocative | boro / borje | boraj | bory |
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Declension of bor
Further reading
- “bor” in Soblex
Vurës
Pronunciation
Verb
bor
- (intransitive) to laugh
Noun
bor
- kind of large coconut leaf basket which is used for transporting food
References
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Further reading
Zazaki
Etymology
Ultimately Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown”). Cognate with Persian بور (bur).
Adjective
bor
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