bordure

A collateral form of, and thus a doublet of border (from Middle English bordure).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboɹ.d͡ʒɚ/, [ˈbo̞ɹ.d͡ʒɚ], /ˈboɹ.djʊɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔː.d͡ʒə/, /ˈbɔːdjʊə/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)
• (without the horse–hoarse merger)
  • (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːɹd͡ʒɚ/, /ˈbɔːɹdjʊɹ/
  • (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːd͡ʒə/, /ˈbɔːdjʊə/

bordure (plural bordures)

1. (heraldry) A contrasting border around a shield.

• Brodeur, bourder

bordure

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of borduren

Inherited from Old French bordure, bordeure, from border (“to border”), from bort, bord (“a border”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord.

• IPA^(key): /bɔʁ.dyʁ/

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bordure f (plural bordures)

1. border (the outer edge of something)
2. (heraldry) bordure
3. (nautical) the foot of a sail
4. kerb (the edge of a pavement or sidewalk)

• → Russian: бордюр (bordjur)
  • → Georgian: ბორდიური (bordiuri)

• “bordure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• brodeur

• IPA^(key): /borˈdu.re/
• Rhymes: -ure
• Hyphenation: bor‧dù‧re

bordure f

1. plural of bordura

• bordeure, bordoure, bourdour, bourdur

Borrowed from Old French bordeure; equivalent to bord (“board”) +‎ -ure.

• IPA^(key): /bɔrˈdiu̯r(ə)/, /boːrˈdiu̯r(ə)/, /ˈboːrdur(ə)/, /ˈbɔrdur(ə)/

bordure (plural bordures)

1. An edge, boundary, or demarcation:
   1. (heraldry) A heraldic border; a bordure.
   2. A decorative border or edge.

• English: border; bordure
• Scots: border, bordour

• “bō̆rdūre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.