bor

Possibly from Old English ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”)^[1]

bor (plural bors)

1. (Norfolk, Suffolk) man (not used for children).

• ORB, ROB, Rob, bro, bro., orb, rob

bor m

1. boron

Chemical element
B
Previous: beril·li (Be)
Next: carboni (C)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɔr]

• Audio (Valencia):

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bor m (uncountable)

1. boron

• borat
• bòric
• borur

• “bor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

bor

1. Unstressed form of bòr (“for”).

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]

• IPA^(key): [ˈbor]
• Rhymes: -or

bor m inan

1. 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)

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]

Chemical element
B
Previous: berylium (Be)
Next: uhlík (C)

• bór

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːr]^[3]
• Rhymes: -oːr

bor m inan

1. boron

• “bor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

• obr
• rob

• IPA^(key): /boːr/, [b̥oɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

From the stem of borax.

bor n (singular definite boret, not used in plural form)

1. boron (chemical element)

From Old Norse borr.

bor n (singular definite boret, plural indefinite bor)

1. drill
2. gimlet, auger

See bo

bor

1. present of bo

See bore

bor

1. imperative of bore

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 Cuman, Kipchak, Uyghur [script needed] (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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbor]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -or

bor (plural borok)

1. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes)
2. 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)
3. (figuratively) wine (intoxication caused by wine)

   A bor beszél belőle. ― It must be the wine. (literally, “The wine is talking out of him/her.”)

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
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

Possessive forms of bor
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
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

• 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 (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Old Norse borr.

• IPA^(key): /pɔːr/
• Rhymes: -ɔːr

bor m (genitive singular bors, nominative plural borar)

1. drill, drill bit

Declension of bor
m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bor	borinn	borar	borarnir
accusative	bor	borinn	bora	borana
dative	bor	bornum	borum	borunum
genitive	bors	borsins	bora	boranna

• borjárn
• borvél

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔr]
• Hyphenation: bɔr
• Rhymes: -bɔr, -ɔr, -r

Borrowed from Dutch boor (“drill”).

bor (first-person possessive borku, second-person possessive bormu, third-person possessive bornya)

1. drill, drill bit

   Synonyms: gurdi, jara

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.

bor (first-person possessive borku, second-person possessive bormu, third-person possessive bornya)

1. (colloquial) board

   Synonym: papan

• “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.

• boor, bore, boore
• (Northern ME) bar, bare, bayre

From Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

• IPA^(key): /bɔːr/
• (Northern, Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

bor (plural bores)

1. A wild or uncastrated pig; a boar.
2. The meat or flesh of a boar.
3. (figurative) A rough and tough individual.
4. (rare, heraldic) A heraldic image of a boar.

• English: boar
• Scots: bair
• Yola: boar

• “bōr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.

From Old High German por; from the root of Old High German beran (“to bear, carry”).

bor (m or f)

1. height, elevation

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• bor in M. Lexer, Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch.

From Proto-Turkic *bor.

bor

1. grey

bor ?

1. horse

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

A shortening of boraks

bor n (definite singular boret, uncountable)

1. boron (chemical element, symbol B)

• borat
• borsyre

From Old Norse borr.

bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora or borene)

bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural bor, definite plural borene)

1. (countable) a drill, or drill bit

• håndbor

bor

1. present of bo
2. imperative of bore

• “bor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

A shortening of boraks

bor n (definite singular boret)

1. (uncountable) boron (chemical element, symbol B)

• borat
• borsyre

From Old Norse borr.

bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora)

bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural borar, definite plural borane)

1. (countable) a drill, or drill bit

• “bor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Chemical element
B
Previous: beryl (Be)
Next: węgiel (C)

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

bor m inan

1. boron

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

bor m inan

1. (obsolete) drill bit

   Synonym: wiertło

• bor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Chemical element
B
Previous: beriliu (Be)
Next: carbon (C)

• IPA^(key): /bor/

Borrowed from French bore, from stem of borax.

bor n (uncountable)

1. boron (chemical element)

• boric

Borrowed from French bord.

bor n (uncountable)

1. brim (of a hat)

• bor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• IPA^(key): /bôːr/

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borъ.

bȏr m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)

1. pine

• “bor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Borrowed from New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq).

Chemical element
B
Previous: berilijum, bèrīlij (Be)
Next: ugljenik, ùgljīk (C)

bȏr m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)

1. boron

• “bor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

From Proto-Slavic *borъ.

• IPA^(key): /bɔ́r/

bȍr m inan

1. pine

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
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

Chemical element
B
Previous: berílij (Be)
Next: ogljík (C)

From New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq).

• IPA^(key): /bóːr/

bọ̑r m inan

1. boron

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bór
genitive	bóra
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bór
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bóra
dative (dajȃlnik)	bóru
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bór
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bóru
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bórom

• “bor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Chemical element
B
Previous: beryllium (Be)
Next: kol (C)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /boːr/
• Homophone: bår

bor n

1. boron (chemical element)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

bor

1. indefinite plural of bo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

bor

1. present indicative of bo

• bor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• bro

Chemical element
B
Previous: berilyum (Be)
Next: karbon (C)

From Ottoman Turkish بور (bor), borrowed from French bore.

• IPA^(key): [boɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bor

bor (definite accusative boru, plural borlar)

1. boron

Inflection
Nominative	bor
Definite accusative	boru
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bor	borlar
Definite accusative	boru	borları
Dative	bora	borlara
Locative	borda	borlarda
Ablative	bordan	borlardan
Genitive	borun	borların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular borum borlarım 2nd singular borun borların 3rd singular boru borları 1st plural borumuz borlarımız 2nd plural borunuz borlarınız 3rd plural borları borları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular borumu borlarımı 2nd singular borunu borlarını 3rd singular borunu borlarını 1st plural borumuzu borlarımızı 2nd plural borunuzu borlarınızı 3rd plural borlarını borlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular boruma borlarıma 2nd singular boruna borlarına 3rd singular boruna borlarına 1st plural borumuza borlarımıza 2nd plural borunuza borlarınıza 3rd plural borlarına borlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular borumda borlarımda 2nd singular borunda borlarında 3rd singular borunda borlarında 1st plural borumuzda borlarımızda 2nd plural borunuzda borlarınızda 3rd plural borlarında borlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular borumdan borlarımdan 2nd singular borundan borlarından 3rd singular borundan borlarından 1st plural borumuzdan borlarımızdan 2nd plural borunuzdan borlarınızdan 3rd plural borlarından borlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular borumun borlarımın 2nd singular borunun borlarının 3rd singular borunun borlarının 1st plural borumuzun borlarımızın 2nd plural borunuzun borlarınızın 3rd plural borlarının borlarının

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

• IPA^(key): [bɔr]

bor m inan

1. (colloquial) foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

   Synonym: zornjaty włosanc

• “bor” in Soblex

• IPA^(key): /bɔr/

bor

1. (intransitive) to laugh

bor

1. kind of large coconut leaf basket which is used for transporting food

The sound system and orthography of the language with audio clips.

Catriona Malau (2011-05-05) Dictionary of Vurës

Ultimately Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown”). Cognate with Persian بور (bur).

bor

1. grey