bor

bor

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Borôro.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Borôro terms

Possibly from Old English ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”)^[1]

bor (plural bors)

1. (Norfolk, Suffolk) man (not used for children).

• ORB, ROB, Rob, bro, bro., orb, rob

bor m

1. boron

Chemical element
B
Previous: beril·li (Be)
Next: carboni (C)

From French bore

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɔr]

• Audio (Valencia):

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bor m (uncountable)

1. boron

• borat
• bòric
• borur

• “bor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “bor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

bor

1. Unstressed form of bòr (“for”).

Inherited from Old Czech bor, from Proto-Slavic *borъ. Because in Slovak and Polish dialects it means "marsh", it is sometimes associated with Proto-Slavic *bara, meaning the same. More probably it is connected with Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-u-. Compare also borůvka.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈbor]
• Rhymes: -or

bor m inan

1. wood consisting of pines, pine wood
   • 1834, František Škroup, “Kde domov můj” (national anthem of the Czech Republic). Lyrics by Josef Kajetán Tyl:

     Kde domov můj, kde domov můj? / Voda hučí po lučinách, / bory šumí po skalinách, / v sadě skví se jara květ, / zemský ráj to na pohled!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Borrowed from German Bor, which is a shortened form of Borax derived from Medieval Latin borax, from Arabic بورق (“būraq”), from Persian بوره (“būrah”).^[2]

Chemical element
B
Previous: berylium (Be)
Next: uhlík (C)

• bór

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːr]^[3]
• Rhymes: -oːr

bor m inan

1. boron

• “bor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• obr
• rob

• IPA^(key): /boːr/, [b̥oɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Chemical element
B
Previous: beryllium (Be)
Next: carbon (C)

From the stem of borax.

bor n (singular definite boret, not used in plural form)

1. boron (chemical element)

   Synonym: natriumtetraborat

• “bor” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse borr.

bor n (singular definite boret, plural indefinite bor)

1. drill
2. gimlet, auger

See bo

bor

1. present of bo

See bore

bor

1. imperative of bore

From a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽳𐽾 (bor, “wine”), ultimately from Middle Persian bōr (“reddish-brown”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”). Compare Ossetian бур (bur, “yellow”), Northern Kurdish bor (“grey”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbor]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -or

bor (plural borok)

1. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes)
2. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable)
3. (figuratively) wine (intoxication caused by wine)

   A bor beszél belőle. ― It must be the wine. (literally, “The wine is talking out of him/her.”)

• bor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• bor in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Old Norse borr. See the verb bora (“to drill”).

• IPA^(key): /pɔːr/
• Rhymes: -ɔːr

bor m (genitive singular bors, nominative plural borar)

1. drill, drill bit

• borjárn
• borvél

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr/ [ˈbɔr]
• Rhymes: -ɔr
• Syllabification: bor

Borrowed from Dutch boor (“drill”).

bor (plural bor-bor)

1. drill, drill bit

   Synonyms: gurdi, jara

bor

1. to drill

Borrowed from English board, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board; plank; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to cut”).

bor (plural bor-bor)

1. (colloquial) board

   Synonym: papan

• “bor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• boor, bore, boore
• (Northern ME) bar, bare, bayre

From Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

• IPA^(key): /bɔːr/
• (Northern, Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

bor (plural bores)

1. A wild or uncastrated pig; a boar.
2. The meat or flesh of a boar.
3. (figurative) A rough and tough individual.
4. (rare, heraldic) A heraldic image of a boar.

• English: boar
• Scots: bair
• Yola: boar

• “bōr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 July 2018.

Inherited from Old High German por; from the root of Old High German beran (“to bear, carry”).

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbɔr/

bor m or f

1. height, elevation

   Synonym: bœre

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• bor in M. Lexer, Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch.

From Proto-Turkic *bor.

bor

1. grey

bor ?

1. horse

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

A shortening of boraks

bor n (definite singular boret, uncountable)

1. boron (chemical element, symbol B)

• borat
• borsyre

From Old Norse borr.

bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora or borene)

bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural bor, definite plural borene)

1. (countable) a drill, or drill bit

• håndbor

bor

1. present of bo
2. imperative of bore

• “bor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

A shortening of boraks

bor n (definite singular boret)

1. (uncountable) boron (chemical element, symbol B)

• borat
• borsyre

From Old Norse borr.

bor n (definite singular boret, indefinite plural bor, definite plural bora)

bor m (definite singular boren, indefinite plural borar, definite plural borane)

1. (countable) a drill, or drill bit

• “bor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Chemical element
B
Previous: beryl (Be)
Next: węgiel (C)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɔr
• Syllabification: bor
• Homophones: bohr, Bohr, Bor, BOR

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

bor m inan

1. boron

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

bor m inan

1. (obsolete) drill bit

   Synonym: wiertło

• bor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Chemical element
B
Previous: beriliu (Be)
Next: carbon (C)

• IPA^(key): /bor/

Borrowed from French bore, from stem of borax.

bor n (uncountable)

1. boron (chemical element)

• boric

Borrowed from French bord.

bor n (uncountable)

1. brim (of a hat)

• “bor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• IPA^(key): /bôːr/

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borъ.

bȏr m inan (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)

1. pine

• “bor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq).

Chemical element
B
Previous: berilijum, bèrīlij (Be)
Next: ugljenik, ùgljīk (C)

bȏr m inan (Cyrillic spelling бо̑р)

1. boron

• “bor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Proto-Slavic *borъ.

• IPA^(key): /bɔ́r/

bȍr m inan

1. pine

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	bòr
gen. sing.	bôra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bòr	bôra	bôri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bôra	bôrov	bôrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bôru	bôroma	bôrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bòr	bôra	bôre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bôru	bôrih	bôrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bôrom	bôroma	bôri

Chemical element
B
Previous: berílij (Be)
Next: ogljík (C)

From New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq).

• IPA^(key): /bóːr/

bọ̑r m inan

1. boron

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bór
genitive	bóra
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bór
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bóra
dative (dajȃlnik)	bóru
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bór
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bóru
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bórom

• “bor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Chemical element
B
Previous: beryllium (Be)
Next: kol (C)

From French bore

• IPA^(key): /boːr/
• Homophone: bår

bor n

1. boron (chemical element)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

bor

1. indefinite plural of bo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

bor

1. present indicative of bo

• bor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• bro

Chemical element
B
Previous: berilyum (Be)
Next: karbon (C)

From Ottoman Turkish بور (bor), borrowed from French bore.

• IPA^(key): [boɾ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bor

bor (definite accusative boru, plural borlar)

1. boron

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔʀ/

bor m inan

1. (colloquial) foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

   Synonym: zornjaty włosanc

• “bor” in Soblex

• IPA^(key): /bɔr/

bor

1. (intransitive) to laugh

bor

1. kind of large coconut leaf basket which is used for transporting food

The sound system and orthography of the language with audio clips.

• Malau, Catriona (2021) “bor”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu, Canberra: Australian National University Press, →ISBN, page 40

Ultimately Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown”). Cognate with Persian بور (bur).

bor

1. grey