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

• 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]

• 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 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”).

• 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.”)

• 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).

From Old Norse borr.

• IPA^(key): /pɔːr/
• Rhymes: -ɔːr

bor m (genitive singular bors, nominative plural borar)

1. drill, drill bit

• 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.

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

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbor/

bor m or f

1. height, elevation

   Synonym: bœre

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr/

• Audio 1:

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• Rhymes: -ɔr
• Syllabification: bor
• Homophones: bohr, Bohr, Bor, BOR

(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

• 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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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

bȏr m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)

1. boron

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

From Proto-Slavic *borъ.

• IPA^(key): /bɔ́r/

bȍr m inan

1. pine

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

• IPA^(key): /bóːr/

bọ̑r m inan

1. boron

• “bor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

(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

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

• IPA^(key): [boɾ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bor

bor (definite accusative boru, plural borlar)

1. boron

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