bound

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ̯nd/
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• /ˈbæʊ̯nd/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand
  Play
• /ˈbaːnd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
  Play
• Northumbria: /ˈbʊnd/
  Play
• Northumbria: /ˈbuːnd/
  Play
• rhymes with -aʊnd
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: B AW1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind.

From Middle English bownde, alternation (with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1 above) of Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”).

From Middle English bounde, from Old French bunne, from Medieval Latin bodina, earlier butina (“a bound, limit”).

From Middle English *bounden (attested as bounten), from French bondir (“leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”); perhaps from Late Latin bombitāre (“hum, buzz”), frequentative verb, from Latin bombus (“a humming or buzzing”).

From Middle English bounden, from the noun (see above).

185 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: задължен (zadǎlžen) — obliged to
• Dutch: gehouden — obliged to
• Finnish: velvollinen — obliged to
• French: obligé — obliged to
• French: tenu — obliged to
• German: verpflichtet — obliged to
• German: gebunden — obliged to
• Hindi: बाध्य (bādhya) — obliged to
• Hungarian: köteles — obliged to
• Italian: obbligato — obliged to
• Italian: confinato — obliged to
• Italian: tenuto — obliged to
• Italian: costretto — obliged to
• Italian: portato — obliged to
• Norwegian Bokmål: forpliktet — obliged to
• Occitan: obligat — obliged to
• Occitan: tengut — obliged to
• Occitan: constrench — obliged to
• Portuguese: obrigado — obliged to
• Romanian: obligat — obliged to
• Russian: обяза́нный (objazánnyj) — obliged to
• Russian: до́лжный (dólžnyj) — obliged to
• Bulgarian: свързан (svǎrzan) — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Bulgarian: обвързан (obvǎrzan) — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Danish: begrænset — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Finnish: sidottu — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Greek: φραγμένος (fragménos) — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Greek: δεσμευμένος (desmevménos) — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Hindi: सीमित (sīmit) — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Hindi: बाध्य (bādhya) — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Hungarian: kötött — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Hungarian: korlátozott — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Hungarian: kényszerített — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Hungarian: kényszerült — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Italian: obbligato — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Italian: costretto — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Italian: vincolato — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Italian: limitato — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Norwegian Bokmål: begrenset — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Russian: свя́занный (svjázannyj) — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Russian: обяза́нный (objazánnyj) — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Sanskrit: सित (sita) — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Spanish: limitado — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Spanish: constreñido — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Spanish: restringido — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Spanish: ligado — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Spanish: vinculado — constrained by something, or constrained to something
• Bulgarian: готов (gotov) — ready, prepared
• Dutch: bereid — ready, prepared
• German: bereit — ready, prepared
• Italian: destinato — ready, prepared
• Italian: diretto — ready, prepared
• Italian: indirizzato — ready, prepared
• Russian: гото́вый (gotóvyj) — ready, prepared
• Arabic: مُتَّجِه (muttajih) — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Bulgarian: на път за (na pǎt za) — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Dutch: (voor) bestemd — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Hungarian: tartó — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Hungarian: induló — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Hungarian: menő — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Hungarian: haladó — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Irish: ag triall ar — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Italian: diretto — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Italian: incamminato — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Japanese: ...行きの (... yuki no) — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Japanese: ...に向かって (... ni mukatte) — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Korean: —행 (-haeng) — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Russian: направля́ющийся (napravljájuščijsja) — ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)
• Bulgarian: решен (rešen) — very likely to
• Bulgarian: готов да (gotov da) — very likely to
• Dutch: geacht — very likely to
• Finnish: see varmasti — very likely to
• Hindi: अवश्यंभावी (avaśyambhāvī) — very likely to
• Hungarian: szükségszerű — very likely to
• Hungarian: elkerülhetetlen — very likely to
• Hungarian: bizonyos — very likely to
• Hungarian: muszáj — very likely to
• Russian: непреме́нный (nepreménnyj) — very likely to
• Armenian: սահման (sahman) — boundary, border of territory
• Bulgarian: граница (granica) — boundary, border of territory
• Bulgarian: предел (predel) — boundary, border of territory
• Catalan: límit — boundary, border of territory
• Dutch: grens — boundary, border of territory
• Dutch: limiet — boundary, border of territory
• Esperanto: limo — boundary, border of territory
• Finnish: raja — boundary, border of territory
• French: frontière — boundary, border of territory
• French: borne — boundary, border of territory
• German: Abgrenzung — boundary, border of territory
• German: Grenze — boundary, border of territory
• Hindi: सीमा (sīmā) — boundary, border of territory
• Hungarian: határ — boundary, border of territory
• Italian: frontiera — boundary, border of territory
• Italian: confine — boundary, border of territory
• Polish: granica — boundary, border of territory
• Portuguese: limite — boundary, border of territory
• Portuguese: divisa — boundary, border of territory
• Russian: грани́ца (graníca) — boundary, border of territory
• Russian: преде́л (predél) — boundary, border of territory
• Russian: рубе́ж (rubéž) — boundary, border of territory
• Spanish: lindero — boundary, border of territory
• Spanish: lindera — boundary, border of territory
• Spanish: linde — boundary, border of territory
• Spanish: limes — boundary, border of territory
• Swedish: gräns — boundary, border of territory
• Catalan: fita — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Chinese Mandarin: 界 (jiè) — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Dutch: limiet — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Esperanto: baro — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Finnish: raja — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• French: borne — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• German: Schranke — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Italian: limite — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Japanese: 界 (-kai) — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Portuguese: limite — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Portuguese: cota — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Russian: грань (granʹ) — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Russian: грани́ца (graníca) — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Spanish: límite — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Spanish: cota — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Swedish: gräns — mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set
• Basque: jauzi — sizeable jump
• Basque: salto — sizeable jump
• Bulgarian: скок (skok) — sizeable jump
• Catalan: bot — sizeable jump
• Dutch: sprong — sizeable jump
• Finnish: hyppy — sizeable jump
• Finnish: loikka — sizeable jump
• French: bond — sizeable jump
• French: saut — sizeable jump
• German: Sprung — sizeable jump
• Greek: άλμα (álma) — sizeable jump
• Ancient Greek: πήδημα (pḗdēma) — sizeable jump
• Hungarian: ugrás — sizeable jump
• Irish: preab — sizeable jump
• Irish: airleog — sizeable jump
• Irish: pocléim — sizeable jump
• Italian: salto — sizeable jump
• Italian: balzo — sizeable jump
• Portuguese: salto — sizeable jump
• Russian: прыжо́к (pryžók) — sizeable jump
• Russian: скачо́к (skačók) — sizeable jump
• Scottish Gaelic: leum — sizeable jump
• Swedish: hopp — sizeable jump
• Swedish: skutt — sizeable jump
• Bulgarian: ограничавам (ograničavam) — to surround a territory
• Czech: obklopovat — to surround a territory
• Dutch: begrenzen — to surround a territory
• Dutch: omringen — to surround a territory
• Estonian: tõkestama — to surround a territory
• Finnish: reunustaa — to surround a territory
• French: délimiter — to surround a territory
• French: entourer — to surround a territory
• Georgian: ესაზღვრება (esazɣvreba) — to surround a territory
• German: begrenzen — to surround a territory
• German: umgrenzen — to surround a territory
• Hungarian: határol — to surround a territory
• Italian: confinare — to surround a territory
• Italian: accerchiare — to surround a territory
• Italian: delimitare — to surround a territory
• Latin: terminō — to surround a territory
• Portuguese: limitar — to surround a territory
• Russian: ограни́чивать (ograníčivatʹ) — to surround a territory
• Spanish: limitar — to surround a territory
• Swedish: gränsa till — to surround a territory
• Bulgarian: скачам (skačam) — to leap
• Catalan: saltar — to leap
• Dutch: springen — to leap
• Esperanto: saltegi — to leap
• Finnish: hyppiä — to leap
• Finnish: hypähdellä — to leap
• French: bondir — to leap
• French: sauter — to leap
• Hungarian: ugrik — to leap
• Hungarian: ugrál — to leap
• Hungarian: ugrándozik — to leap
• Irish: preab — to leap
• Italian: balzare — to leap
• Māori: turapa — to leap
• Portuguese: saltar — to leap
• Russian: пры́гать (prýgatʹ) — to leap
• Russian: скака́ть (skakátʹ) — to leap
• Scottish Gaelic: leum — to leap
• Swedish: skutta — to leap
• Ottoman Turkish: صچرامق (sıçramak) — to leap