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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈfɹʌntɪə/
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/ˈfɹɒntɪə/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈfɹʌntjə/
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/ˈfɹɒntjə/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/fɹʌnˈtɪə/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/fɹɒnˈtɪə/
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General-American:
/fɹʌnˈtɪɹ/
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General-American:
/fɹɑnˈtɪɹ/
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obsolete:
/ˈfɹʌnt͡ʃə/
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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F R AH0 N T IH1 R
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Woodbridge Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota, located on the Canadian border.
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A place in the United States:
A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
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A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A rural municipality on the US border in south-west Saskatchewan, which includes the village; in full, the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19.
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The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
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the frontier of civilization
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Synonyms: march, marches, border, marchland, borderland
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The most advanced or recent version of something; the leading edge.
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Near-synonyms: vanguard, state of the art the frontier of solid state electronics
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Synonyms: vanguard, state of the art
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An outwork of a fortification.
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Usage: obsolete
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To live as pioneers on frontier territory.
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To place on the frontier.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
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he worked at the frontier of brain science
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Broader terms: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick
an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
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Broader terms: boundary, bound, bounds
Narrower terms: Triple Frontier
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day
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Broader terms: wilderness, wild
From Middle English frounter, from Old French fronter (whence Modern French frontière), from front.
Across languages
Translations 88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
حَدّ
(ḥadd)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Arabic :
حُدُود
(ḥudūd)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Armenian :
սահման
(sahman)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Avestan :
𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Belarusian :
мяжа́
(mjažá)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Belarusian :
грані́ца
(hraníca)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Bulgarian :
гра́ница
(gránica)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Catalan :
frontera
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Gan Chinese :
國界 /国界
(goet7 gai4)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Chinese Mandarin :
邊界 /边界
(biānjiè)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Chinese Mandarin :
邊疆 /边疆
(biānjiāng)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Chinese Mandarin :
邊境 /边境
(biānjìng)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Chinese Mandarin :
國境 /国境
(guójìng)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Chinese Mandarin :
國界 /国界
(guójiè)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Czech :
pohraničí
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Czech :
pomezí
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Czech :
hranice
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Danish :
grænse
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Danish :
landegrænse
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Danish :
grænseområde
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Dutch :
grens
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Dutch :
landgrens
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Dzongkha :
མཚམས
(mtshams)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Dzongkha :
ཁྲ་ཡི་ན
(khra yi na)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Estonian :
piir
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Fakkanci :
ɘ̄r-kèŋgì
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Faroese :
landamark
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Finnish :
raja
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Finnish :
rajaseutu
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Finnish :
rajamaa
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
French :
frontière
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Galician :
fronteira
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
German :
Grenzland
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
German :
Grenzgebiet
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
German :
Grenzgegend
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
German :
Grenze
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
German :
Mark
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
German :
Grenzmark
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Greek :
σύνορο
(sýnoro)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Ancient Greek :
ὅρος
(hóros)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Hindi :
सीमा
(sīmā)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Hindi :
सरहद
(sarhad)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Hindi :
सीमांचल
(sīmāñcal)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Hungarian :
határ
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Ido :
frontiero
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Indonesian :
padan
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Indonesian :
sempadan
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Italian :
confine
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Italian :
frontiera
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Japanese :
境界
(kyōkai)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Japanese :
国境
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Khmer :
ទល់ដែន
(tŭəl daen)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Khmer :
ជាយដែន
(ciəy daen)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Korean :
경계
(gyeonggye)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Korean :
국경
(gukgyeong)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Latin :
finis
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Latvian :
robeža
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Latvian :
pierobeža
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Ligurian :
confìnn-a
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Lithuanian :
siena
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Macedonian :
граница
(granica)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Norwegian Bokmål :
landegrense
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Norwegian Nynorsk :
landegrense
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Occitan :
frontièra
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Persian :
مرز
(marz)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Persian :
سرحد
(sarhad)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Polish :
granica
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Portuguese :
fronteira
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Romanian :
frontieră
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Russian :
грани́ца
(graníca)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Russian :
рубе́ж
(rubéž)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Russian :
окра́ина
(okráina)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Russian :
межа́
(mežá)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Russian :
кордо́н
(kordón)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Serbo-Croatian :
гра̀ница
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Serbo-Croatian :
grànica
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Slovak :
hranica
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Slovene :
meja
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Spanish :
frontera
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Swedish :
landgräns
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Swedish :
gräns
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Tajik :
сарҳад
(sarhad)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Tajik :
ҳудуд
(hudud)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Ukrainian :
кордо́н
(kordón)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Ukrainian :
грани́ця
(hranýcja)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Ukrainian :
рубі́ж
(rubíž)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Ukrainian :
межа́
(mežá)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
Urdu :
سَرحَد
(sarhad)
— part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
