tribord

From earlier tribort, from Middle French estribord (also destrebort), from Old French estribord, a Germanic loanword, probably from Old English stēorbord or Middle Dutch stuurboort. Compare German Steuerbord, Dutch stuurboord, Old Norse stjórnborði. More at English starboard.

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.bɔʁ/

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tribord m (plural tribords)

1. (nautical) starboard

   Antonym: bâbord

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

From Old French estribord, from Old Norse stíorborð, stjórnborði.

tribord m (plural tribords)

1. (Jersey, nautical) starboard

Borrowed from French tribord.

tribord n (plural triborduri)

1. starboard