Danish

Noun

bonde c (singular definite bonden, plural indefinite bønder)

1. farmer
2. peasant
3. countryman
4. (chess) pawn
5. (card games) jack, knave

Inflection

See also

Chess pieces in Danish · skakbrikken (skak + brikken) (layout · text)
konge	dronning	tårn	løber	springer	bonde

Dutch

Verb

bonde

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of binden

Anagrams

• boden

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish bonde

Noun

bonde

1. (slang) countryside

French

Etymology

From Gaulish *bunda

Noun

bonde f ‎(plural bondes)

1. a plug, a bung

Anagrams

• bedon

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse búandi, bóndi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹bunə/, /¹bundə/
• Rhymes: -¹unə

Noun

bonde m ‎(definite singular bonden, indefinite plural bønder, definite plural bøndene)

1. farmer
2. (chess) pawn

Derived terms

• bondegård
• fruktbonde
• melkebonde

References

• “bonde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse búandi, bóndi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹bunə/, /¹bundə/
• Rhymes: -¹unə

Noun

bonde m ‎(definite singular bonden, indefinite plural bønder, definite plural bøndene)

1. farmer

   Talet på bønder har gått ned.

   The number of farmers has gone down.

2. (chess) pawn

Derived terms

• fruktbonde

References

• “bonde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From English bond. The tramway sense is said to have originated from coupons sold as transport tickets which looked liked bonds issued at the time^[1].

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /'bõ.də/, ['bõ.dɨ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /'bõ.di/, ['bõⁿ.dʒi]

Noun

bonde m (plural bondes)

1. (economics) bond
2. (Brazil) tramway, streetcar, cable car
3. (Brazil, slang) group of friends; gang

References

1. ↑ “TRAMWAY - ETIMOLOGIA”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed March 23, 2015

Swahili

Noun

bonde (ma class, plural mabonde)

1. valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi.

Pronunciation

Noun

bonde c

1. farmer
2. (chess) pawn

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Swedish · schackpjäser (schack + pjäser) (layout · text)
kung	drottning, dam	torn	löpare	springare, häst	bonde

• bondgård
• bonne
• bonnig