English

Alternative forms

• boart

Noun

bort ‎(plural borts)

1. (uncountable) Poor quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.
   • 1931, Business Week, Issues 82-94, page 25,

     Bits that would require 4 to 16 carbonadoes are now set with 40 to 80 borts.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bort]

Etymology

First known occurrence of the expression in the Czech language (16th century) was in the sense side (of a gutter or hole). From early Middle High German bord, bort ("side", especially of a ship; originally "a board", "a plank"). This comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- ‎(“cut”).^[1]

Noun

bort m

1. (nautical) board, side of a ship [16th c.]

Declension

Related terms

• bortit

Anagrams

• torb

References

1. ↑ "bort" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, ISBN 978-80-7335-393-3, page 93.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse burt, brott, braut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔːrt/, [b̥ɒːd̥]

Adverb

bort

1. away, off (things, people that are in motion)

See also

• borte

Synonyms

• væk

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German borde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bort/, [b̥oɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

bort c (singular definite borten, plural indefinite borter)

1. border
2. edging, trimming
3. band, ribbon

Inflection

Hungarian

Etymology

bor +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbort]
• Hyphenation: bort

Noun

bort

1. accusative singular of bor

   Bort rendeltek.‎ ― They ordered wine.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu

Adverb

bort

1. away

   gå bort (dø) - to pass away (die)

   gifte bort sin datter - give one's daughter away (in marriage)

Derived terms

• bortglemt
• bortimot
• bortkastet

Preposition

bort

1. away

Related terms

• borte

References

• “bort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu

Adverb

bort

1. away

   gå bort (døy) - to pass away (die)

Derived terms

• bortimot

Preposition

bort

1. away

References

• “bort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, brott, braut.

Pronunciation

Adverb

bort

1. away, off,

See also

• borta

Verb

bort

1. supine of böra.