bord
French, noun/bɔʁ/
bord is spelled B-O-R-D (4 letters) and appears 95 times per million words in written French, the 871st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bord is a French masculine noun meaning “border, edge, limit; boundary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Extrémité d’une surface ou ce qui la termine, la ligne qui forme le contour d’une chose”.
What does bord mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineborder, edge, limit; boundary
- 2
masculineside
- 3
masculinerim
- 4
masculineshore, by
il habite au bord de la mer.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Extrémité d’une surface ou ce qui la termine, la ligne qui forme le contour d’une chose. 2. Limite. 3. Tout ce qui s’étend vers les extrémités de certaines choses. 4. Tout ce qui est depuis la partie concave d’un plat, d’une assiette, jusqu’à l’extrémité.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bord
- bords plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bord?
- /bɔʁ/
- \bɔʁ\
- [o.bɔʁ.də]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bord
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bord in French?
bord appears 95 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).