Standard Lemma guide

border

name · noun · verb · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian: /ˈbɔə.də/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.də/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈbɔɹ.dɚ/
  • General-American: [ˈbo̞ɹ.dɚ]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
  • homophone: boarder (horse–hoarse merger)
  • /ˈbɔːɹ.dɚ/ rhotic
  • /ˈbɔː.də/ non-rhotic
  • CMU ARPABET: B AO1 R D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
  • 23 June 2018, Mattha Busb, The Independent, Jogger crosses US-Canada border by mistake, is held for two weeks in detention centre A French tourist who accidentally crossed the border into the US from Canada during an evening jog was sent to a detention centre 125 miles away and held for two weeks until she was released.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The outer edge of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the borders of the garden

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A decorative strip around the edge of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.
  • a solid border around a table of figures

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Border morris or border dancing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To put a border on something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To form a border around; to bound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Denmark borders Germany to the south.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

a strip forming the outer edge of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the rug had a wide blue border

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edge

Narrower terms: edging, selvage, selvedge, verge

14

noun

Meaning 14

a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: molding, moulding

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edge

15

noun

Meaning 15

a line that indicates a boundary

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boundary line, borderline, delimitation, mete

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: boundary, bound, bounds

Narrower terms: circumference, circuit, fence line, property line, state line, state boundary, Green Line, Line of Control

16

noun

Meaning 16

the boundary of a surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: edge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: boundary, bound, bounds

Narrower terms: brink, limb

17

noun

Meaning 17

the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: margin, perimeter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: boundary, edge, bound

Narrower terms: lip

18

verb

Meaning 18

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Canada adjoins the U.S.
  • England marches with Scotland

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: touch, adjoin, meet, contact

Narrower terms: neighbor, neighbour

19

verb

Meaning 19

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The forest surrounds my property

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: surround, environ, ring, skirt

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: touch, adjoin, meet, contact

Narrower terms: fringe, girdle, gird, cloister, enclose, close in, inclose, shut in, hem in

20

verb

Meaning 20

enclose in or as if in a frame

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • frame a picture

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frame, frame in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in

21

verb

Meaning 21

provide with a border or edge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • edge the tablecloth with embroidery

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: edge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish

22

verb

Meaning 22

form the boundary of; be contiguous to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bound

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: enclose, hold in, confine

Narrower terms: skirt, verge, shore

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc.

Across languages

Translations

368 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аҳәаа (aḥwaa) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Afrikaans: grens — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Akkadian: 𒍠 — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Albanian: kufi — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Chungli Ao: arrtsü — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Arabic: حَدّ (ḥadd) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Arabic: حُدُود (ḥudūd) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Aragonese: muga — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Armenian: սահման (sahman) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Aromanian: mardzinã — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Assamese: সীমা (xima) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Asturian: frontera — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Azerbaijani: hüdud — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Azerbaijani: sərhəd — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Bangi: ndelo — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Bashkir: сик (sik) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Basque: muga — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Belarusian: мяжа́ (mjažá) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Belarusian: грані́ца (hraníca) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Belarusian: кардо́н (kardón) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Bengali: সীমানা (śimana) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Bhojpuri: सरहद (sarəhad) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Bulgarian: гра́ница (gránica) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Burmese: နယ်စပ် (naicap) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Carpathian Rusyn: границя (hranycja) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Catalan: frontera — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Chechen: доза (doza) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國境 /国境 (guójìng) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邊界 /边界 (biānjiè) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邊境 /边境 (biānjìng) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疆界 (jiāngjiè) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Ngazidja Comorian: muyano — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Czech: hranice — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Danish: grænse — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Dutch: grens — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Esperanto: landlimo — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Estonian: piir — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Farefare: beene — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Faroese: mark — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Finnish: raja — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • French: frontière — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Galician: fronteira — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Georgian: საზღვარი (sazɣvari) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • German: Grenze — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Middle High German: gemerke — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (marka) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Greek: σύνορο (sýnoro) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Ancient Greek: ὅρος (hóros) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Gujarati: સરહદ (sarhad) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Hebrew: גְּבוּל (g'vúl) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Hindi: सीमा (sīmā) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Hindi: सरहद (sarhad) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Hittite: 𒅕𒄩𒀸 — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Hittite: 𒍠 — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Hungarian: határ — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Icelandic: landamæri — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Indonesian: perbatasan — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Ingush: доазув (doazuv) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Irish: teorainn — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Istriot: confeîn — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Italian: confine — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Italian: frontiera — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Japanese: 国境 — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Japanese: 地境 — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Japanese: 国界 — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Kazakh: шекара (şekara) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Kazakh: шек (şek) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Khmer: ព្រំដែន (prum daen) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Khmer: ជាយដែន (ciəy daen) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Khmer: ទល់ដែន (tŭəl daen) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Korean: 국경 (gukgyeong) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Korean: 국계 (gukgye) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Central Kurdish: سْنوور (sinûr) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Northern Kurdish: hidûd — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Northern Kurdish: sînor — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Kyrgyz: чек ара (cek ara) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Kyrgyz: чек (cek) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Ladin: cunfin — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Ladin: sëida — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Ladino: frontiera — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Lao: ຊາຍແດນ (sāi dǣn) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Latin: finis — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Latvian: robeža — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Lingala: ndelo — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Lithuanian: siena — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Macedonian: граница (granica) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Malagasy: amborodao — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Malay: sempadan — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Malayalam: അതിർത്തി (atiṟtti) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Maltese: fruntiera — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Manchu: ᠵᠠᠰᡝ (jase) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Manchu: ᡥᡝᡧᡝᠨ (hešen) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Manchu: ᠵᡝᠴᡝᠨ (jecen) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Māori: aukati — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Marathi: सीमा (sīmā) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Mongolian: хил хязгаар (xil xjazgaar) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grense — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landegrense — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grense — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: landegrense — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Occitan: frontièra — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Odia: ସୀମା (simā) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Old English: ġemǣre — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Ossetian: арӕн (aræn) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гранїца (hranjica) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Pannonian Rusyn: меджа (medža) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Pashto: باډر (bāḍar) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Pashto: سرحد (sarhad) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Iranian Persian: مَرْز (marz) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Iranian Persian: سَرْحَد (sarhad) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Iranian Persian: حَد (had) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Polish: granica — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Portuguese: fronteira — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Portuguese: raia — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Punjabi: ਸਰਹੱਦ (sarhadda) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Punjabi: ਸੀਮਾ (sīmā) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Romanian: graniță — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Romanian: frontieră — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Russian: грани́ца (graníca) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Russian: рубе́ж (rubéž) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Russian: межа́ (mežá) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Russian: кордо́н (kordón) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Serbo-Croatian: гра̀ница — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Serbo-Croatian: grànica — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Sicilian: finaita — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Sinhalese: අද්දර (addara) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Slovak: hranica — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Slovene: meja — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Somali: xad — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Lower Sorbian: granica — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Upper Sorbian: mjeza — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Upper Sorbian: hranica — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Spanish: frontera — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Sumerian: 𒍠 (zag) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Swahili: mpaka — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Swedish: gräns — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Swedish: landamäre — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Swedish: landamären — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Swedish: märe — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Tagalog: hangganan — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Tajik: сарҳад (sarhad) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Tajik: ҳудуд (hudud) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Tamil: எல்லை (ellai) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Tatar: чикләре (çikläre) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Tatar: чик (çik) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Telugu: సరిహద్దు (sarihaddu) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Thai: ชายแดน (chaai-dɛɛn) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Tibetan: ས་མཚམས (sa mtshams) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Turkish: hudut — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Turkish: sınır — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Turkish: serhat — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Turkmen: serhet — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Turkmen: araçäk — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Turkmen: çet — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Turkmen: çäk — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Tuvan: даштыкы (daştıkı) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Ukrainian: кордо́н (kordón) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Ukrainian: грани́ця (hranýcja) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Urdu: سِیما (sīmā) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Urdu: سَرْحَد (sarhad) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Urdu: حَد (had) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Uyghur: چېگرا (chëgra) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Uyghur: چەت (chet) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Uzbek: chegara — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Uzbek: hudud — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Vietnamese: biên giới — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Vilamovian: graonc — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Welsh: ffin — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Yiddish: גרענעץ (grenets) — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Zazaki: hıdud — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Zazaki: sindor — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Zazaki: serhed — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Zhuang: henzgyaiq — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Zhuang: biengyaiq — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Zhuang: henzguek — the line or frontier area separating various territories
  • Arabic: حَدّ (ḥadd) — the outer edge of something
  • Arabic: حُدُود (ḥudūd) — the outer edge of something
  • Armenian: սահման (sahman) — the outer edge of something
  • Armenian: եզր (ezr) — the outer edge of something
  • Asturian: frontera — the outer edge of something
  • Azerbaijani: sərhəd — the outer edge of something
  • Belarusian: мяжа́ (mjažá) — the outer edge of something
  • Bulgarian: край (kraj) — the outer edge of something
  • Bulgarian: ръб (rǎb) — the outer edge of something
  • Catalan: vora — the outer edge of something
  • Catalan: orla — the outer edge of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邊界 /边界 (biānjiè) — the outer edge of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 境 (jìng) — the outer edge of something
  • Czech: okraj — the outer edge of something
  • Dutch: rand — the outer edge of something
  • Estonian: raam — the outer edge of something
  • Estonian: piir — the outer edge of something
  • Finnish: reuna — the outer edge of something
  • Finnish: reunus — the outer edge of something
  • French: bord — the outer edge of something
  • French: bordure — the outer edge of something
  • Galician: bordo — the outer edge of something
  • German: Rand — the outer edge of something
  • Ancient Greek: ὅρος (hóros) — the outer edge of something
  • Hebrew: גְּבוּל (gvul) — the outer edge of something
  • Hindi: सीमा (sīmā) — the outer edge of something
  • Hungarian: szél — the outer edge of something
  • Icelandic: mæri — the outer edge of something
  • Ido: bordo — the outer edge of something
  • Irish: ciumhais — the outer edge of something
  • Irish: imeall — the outer edge of something
  • Italian: confine — the outer edge of something
  • Japanese: 境界 (kyōkai) — the outer edge of something
  • Kikuyu: mũhaka — the outer edge of something
  • Korean: 경계 (gyeonggye) — the outer edge of something
  • Northern Kurdish: sînor — the outer edge of something
  • Northern Kurdish: tixûb — the outer edge of something
  • Kyrgyz: чек ара (cek ara) — the outer edge of something
  • Kyrgyz: чет (cet) — the outer edge of something
  • Kyrgyz: бордюр (bordyur) — the outer edge of something
  • Latgalian: rūbežs — the outer edge of something
  • Latin: margō — the outer edge of something
  • Latin: limes — the outer edge of something
  • Latin: finis — the outer edge of something
  • Latvian: robeža — the outer edge of something
  • Macedonian: граница (granica) — the outer edge of something
  • Macedonian: раб (rab) — the outer edge of something
  • Māori: pakitaha — the outer edge of something
  • Māori: taitapa — the outer edge of something
  • Norman: bordeuse — the outer edge of something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ytterkant — the outer edge of something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kant — the outer edge of something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rand — the outer edge of something
  • Occitan: bòrd — the outer edge of something
  • Occitan: vòra — the outer edge of something
  • Plautdietsch: Kaunt — the outer edge of something
  • Portuguese: borda — the outer edge of something
  • Portuguese: margem — the outer edge of something
  • Romanian: bordură — the outer edge of something
  • Romanian: margine — the outer edge of something
  • Romanian: graniță — the outer edge of something
  • Romanian: frontieră — the outer edge of something
  • Romanian: cant — the outer edge of something
  • Russian: грани́ца (graníca) — the outer edge of something
  • Russian: край (kraj) — the outer edge of something
  • Russian: кро́мка (krómka) — the outer edge of something
  • Sanskrit: दशा (daśā) — the outer edge of something
  • Scottish Gaelic: iomall — the outer edge of something
  • Scottish Gaelic: oir — the outer edge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: гра̀ница — the outer edge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: grànica — the outer edge of something
  • Slovak: okraj — the outer edge of something
  • Spanish: borde — the outer edge of something
  • Swedish: ytterkant — the outer edge of something
  • Swedish: kant — the outer edge of something
  • Swedish: rand — the outer edge of something
  • Swedish: bryn — the outer edge of something
  • Tocharian B: ārtar — the outer edge of something
  • Turkish: kenar — the outer edge of something
  • Ottoman Turkish: قیی (kıyı) — the outer edge of something
  • Ottoman Turkish: لب (leb) — the outer edge of something
  • Ukrainian: кордо́н (kordón) — the outer edge of something
  • Ukrainian: межа́ (mežá) — the outer edge of something
  • Vietnamese: rìa — the outer edge of something
  • Zazaki: het (diq) — the outer edge of something
  • Zazaki: kıst — the outer edge of something
  • Catalan: orla — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Catalan: sanefa — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Czech: lem — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Estonian: raam — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Finnish: boordi — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Finnish: reunus — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Finnish: koristereunus — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • French: bordure — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • German: Rand — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Greek: περίγυρος (perígyros) — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Hindi: कोना (konā) — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Hungarian: szegély — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Irish: ciumhais — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Italian: orlo — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Māori: pakitaha — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bord — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Iranian Persian: حاشِیِه (hâšiye) — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Portuguese: orla — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Russian: кайма́ (kajmá) — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Russian: бордю́р (bordjúr) — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Russian: фриз (friz) — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: гра̀ничнӣк — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: gràničnīk — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Slovak: rám — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Slovak: okraj — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Slovak: lem — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Spanish: cenefa — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Spanish: orla — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Spanish: orladura — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Swedish: bård — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Swedish: kant — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Turkish: süs — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Ottoman Turkish: پرواز (pervaz) — a decorative strip around the edge of something
  • Czech: záhon — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • Dutch: border — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • Finnish: kukkapenkki — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • French: parterre — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • French: plate-bande — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • German: Beet — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • German: Streifen — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • German: Rabatte — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • Greek: παρτέρι (partéri) — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • Hindi: केदार (kedār) — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • Hindi: क्यारी (kyārī) — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • Serbo-Croatian: гра̀ничнӣк — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • Serbo-Croatian: gràničnīk — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • Spanish: parterre — a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown
  • Czech: ohraničit — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Czech: ohraničovat — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Czech: olemovat — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Danish: begrænse — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Dutch: begrenzen — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Estonian: piiritlema — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Finnish: rajata — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Finnish: rajoittaa — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • French: délimiter — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Galician: demarcar — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • German: begrenzen — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Hungarian: határol — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Hungarian: behatárol — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Hungarian: körülhatárol — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Ido: bordizar — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Macedonian: ограничува (ograničuva) — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Macedonian: ограничи (ograniči) — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Māori: pae — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Portuguese: orlar — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Russian: ограни́чивать (ograníčivatʹ) — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Russian: ограни́чить (ograníčitʹ) — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Swedish: gränsa till — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Turkish: sınırlamak — (transitive) to put a border on something
  • Bulgarian: грани́ча (graníča) — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Catalan: vorejar — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Catalan: confrontar — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毗鄰 /毗邻 (pílín) — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Chinese Mandarin: 接壤 (jiērǎng) — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交界 (jiāojiè) — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Chinese Mandarin: 接界 (jiējiè) — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Czech: hraničit — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Danish: grænse — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Dutch: grenzen aan — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Finnish: rajautua — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Finnish: rajoittua — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • French: border — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Galician: testar — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Galician: bordear — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • German: angrenzen — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • German: säumen — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • German: umranden — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • German: einfassen — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐍉𐌽 (gamarkōn) — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Hungarian: határol — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Hungarian: határos — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Lithuanian: ribotis — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Macedonian: граничи (graniči) — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grensa til — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Occitan: confrontar — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Polish: graniczyć — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Portuguese: fazer fronteira com — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Russian: грани́чить (graníčitʹ) — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Slovak: hraničiť — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Swedish: gränsa till — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Turkish: sınırdaş olmak — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Vietnamese: giáp — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Zazaki: sindordas — (transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border
  • Spanish: lindar con — (intransitive) to touch at a border
  • Spanish: limitar con — (intransitive) to touch at a border
  • Spanish: colindar con — (intransitive) to touch at a border
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