abord

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbɔːd/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɔɹd/ === Etymology 1 === From French abord, from aborder (“to aboard”). ==== Noun ==== abord (plural abords) (obsolete) The act of approaching or arriving; approach. [17th–19th c.] (rare) A road, or means of approach. [from 17th c.] === Etymology 2 === Alternative forms. ==== Verb ==== abord (third-person singular simple present abords, present participle abording, simple past and past participle aborded) Alternative form of aboard. === Anagrams === bardo, Broda, Board, Bardo, dobra, broad, Broad, Broad., Borda, dorab, B road, Dobra, board, adorb == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from aborder, from Old French aborder (“to hit a ship in order to board it”), from bord (“side of a ship, edge”), from Frankish *bord (“side of a ship or vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“edge, border, side”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheredh- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old High German bort (“edge, rim, rand”), Old English bord (“ship, side of a ship”), Old Norse borð (“edge, side of a vessel”). More at board. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.bɔʁ/ === Noun === abord m (plural abords) (literary) the manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter (rare) the surroundings of a place (archaic) arrival or accessibility by water ==== Usage notes ==== In the sense "surroundings", the word is almost always a pluralia tantum. The sense "manner of acting" is usually now perceived as a backformation from aborder (“to approach”), and is most common in the expression être d'un abord and variations of it. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “abord”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === borda broda == Middle English == === Etymology === From a- +‎ bord (“exterior of a ship”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈboːrd/ === Adverb === abord On board; into or within a ship or boat (nautical) Alongside. === Preposition === abord On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane. ==== Descendants ==== English: aboard Scots: aboord, abaird ==== References ==== “abōrd, adv. & prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.