bollard

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From Middle English bollard, probably from Middle English bole (“tree trunk”), from Old Norse bolr (“stump, trunk”), equivalent to bole + -ard (pejorative or diminutive suffix).

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: вързало (vǎrzalo) — post to secure mooring lines
• Bulgarian: кнехт (kneht) — post to secure mooring lines
• Catalan: norai — post to secure mooring lines
• Catalan: amarrador — post to secure mooring lines
• Chinese Mandarin: 纜樁 /缆桩 (lǎnzhuāng) — post to secure mooring lines
• Chinese Mandarin: 繫纜樁 /系缆桩 (jìlǎnzhuāng) — post to secure mooring lines
• Czech: pachole — post to secure mooring lines
• Danish: pullert — post to secure mooring lines
• Dutch: meerpaal — post to secure mooring lines
• Dutch: bolder — post to secure mooring lines
• Dutch: aanlegpaal — post to secure mooring lines
• Esperanto: bito — post to secure mooring lines
• Finnish: pollari — post to secure mooring lines
• French: bollard — post to secure mooring lines
• French: bitte d'amarrage — post to secure mooring lines
• French: bitte — post to secure mooring lines
• Galician: norai — post to secure mooring lines
• Galician: bita — post to secure mooring lines
• German: Poller — post to secure mooring lines
• German: Pfahl — post to secure mooring lines
• Hungarian: kikötőbak — post to secure mooring lines
• Icelandic: polli — post to secure mooring lines
• Irish: ceap ceangail — post to secure mooring lines
• Italian: bitta — post to secure mooring lines
• Italian: galloccia — post to secure mooring lines
• Latin: caudex — post to secure mooring lines
• Malay: tonggak — post to secure mooring lines
• Māori: pūtiki — post to secure mooring lines
• Norman: lache — post to secure mooring lines
• Polish: pachołek — post to secure mooring lines
• Portuguese: cabeço — post to secure mooring lines
• Portuguese: ancoradouro — post to secure mooring lines
• Russian: кнехт (knext) — post to secure mooring lines
• Russian: прико́л (prikól) — post to secure mooring lines
• Russian: шварто́вная ту́мба (švartóvnaja túmba) — post to secure mooring lines
• Serbo-Croatian: би̏тва — post to secure mooring lines
• Serbo-Croatian: bȉtva — post to secure mooring lines
• Spanish: noray — post to secure mooring lines
• Spanish: bolardo — post to secure mooring lines
• Swedish: pollare — post to secure mooring lines
• Turkish: iskele babası — post to secure mooring lines
• Turkish: baba — post to secure mooring lines
• Catalan: bol·lard — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Catalan: pilona — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Chinese Mandarin: 車阻 /车阻 (chēzǔ) — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Czech: sloupek — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Danish: pullert — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Dutch: verkeerspaal — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Dutch: poller — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Finnish: pollari — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Finnish: betonipylväs — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• French: borne — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• French: bollard — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Galician: bolardo — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• German: Poller — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• German: Absperrpoller — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Hungarian: oszlop — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Irish: ceap ceangail — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Irish: mullard — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Italian: paracarro — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Italian: pilastro — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Italian: spartitraffico — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Italian: colonnina — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Italian: panettone — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Italian: dissuasore — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Malay: tonggak — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Norwegian Bokmål: pullert — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Polish: słupek — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Portuguese: pilarete — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Russian: столб (stolb) — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Russian: ту́мба (túmba) — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Spanish: bolardo — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Spanish: pilona — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Spanish: pivote — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Swedish: pollare — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area
• Turkish: baba — post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area