bordon

See also: Bordon

English

Noun

bordon (plural bordons)

1. Alternative spelling of bourdon (“pilgrim's staff”).

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbordon/
• Rhymes: -ordon
• Syllabification: bor‧don

Noun

bordon

1. accusative singular of bordo

Middle English

Noun

bordon

1. alternative form of burdoun (“pilgrim's staff”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈporːton/

Verb

bordon

1. first-person singular imperative of bordit

Old French

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly onomatopoeic, dating as early as Late Latin burdo, burdonis (“kind of grasshopper”), possibly from Frankish *buʀdō (“beetle, insect”), from Proto-Germanic *buzdô (“beetle, grub", literally, "swelling”), from *būs- (“to erupt, burst, flow rapidly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūs- (“to move quickly”).

Noun

bordon oblique singular, m (oblique plural bordons, nominative singular bordons, nominative plural bordon)

1. bumblebee
2. a sort of musical instrument

Descendants

• Middle French: bourdon
  • French: bourdon
  • → Galician: bordón
  • → Middle English: burdoun, bordoun, burdon, burdowne
    • English: burden, bourdon
    • → Irish: burdún

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “bordon”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• “bordon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bordón, from Latin burdōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /boɾˈdon/ [boɾˈd̪on̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bor‧don

Noun

bordón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜈ᜔)

1. a large log
2. wood used in making boats
3. the largest string in a musical instrument

Further reading

• “bordon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “bordon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018