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bordo.

board (each side of a ship)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɔʁ.du/Brazil[ˈbɔɦ.du]Brazil/ˈbɔɾ.du/São-Paulo/ˈbɔʁ.du/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. board (each side of a ship)

    masculine
  2. border (outer edge of something)

    masculine
  3. the inside of a craft

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese bordo, from an early medieval Germanic language (possibly Gothic *𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (*baurd)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burdą.

noun/ˈboʁ.du/Brazil[ˈboɦ.du]Brazil/ˈboɾ.du/São-Paulo/ˈboʁ.du/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. maple (tree of the Acer genus)

    masculine
  2. maple (wood of the maple tree)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Possibly from Latin laburnum, with the first syllable mistaken for a definite article.

verb/ˈbɔʁ.du/Brazil[ˈbɔɦ.du]Brazil/ˈbɔɾ.du/São-Paulo/ˈbɔʁ.du/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. first-person singular present indicative of bordar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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