bordes
See also: Bordes and bordés
Catalan
Verb
bordes
- second-person singular present indicative form of bordar
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bordessche. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔrˈdɛs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bor‧des
- Rhymes: -ɛs
Noun
bordes n (plural bordessen, diminutive bordesje n)
- A raised platform, often with a flight of steps, that lead into a building
- An intermediate platform between flights of stairs, which normally involves a change in direction; a landing
- Synonym: (Belgium) palier
- A balcony (open or roofed), porch or lean-to.
- 1960, Peter Koelewijn, "Kom van dat dak af", Peter en zijn Rockets, Kom van dat dak af.
- Jan Janssen z'n vrouw was een koordanseres, / maar bij gebrek aan een touw klom ze op het bordes.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1960, Peter Koelewijn, "Kom van dat dak af", Peter en zijn Rockets, Kom van dat dak af.
Derived terms
- bordesfoto
Descendants
- Afrikaans: bordes
- → Indonesian: bordès
- → Papiamentu: bordèshi (from the diminutive)
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
bordes
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of border
Anagrams
- brodes, brodés
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch bordes, from Middle Dutch bordessche, from Old French bretesche, bretesque (Modern French bretèche), from Medieval Latin bretescha, bretachia, brateschia, britasca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɔrdɛs]
- Hyphenation: bor‧dès
- Rhymes: -des, -es, -s
Noun
bordès (first-person possessive bordesku, second-person possessive bordesmu, third-person possessive bordesnya)
- a raised platform, often with a flight of steps, that lead into a building.
- landing: an intermediate platform between flights of stairs, which normally involves a change in direction
Further reading
- “bordes” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Noun
bordes
- plural of bord
Portuguese
Verb
bordes
- second-person singular present subjunctive of bordar
Spanish
Adjective
bordes m pl or f pl
- plural of borde
Noun
bordes m pl
- plural of borde
Verb
bordes
- second-person singular present subjunctive of bordar