babord

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babord m (plural babords)

1. Archaic spelling of bâbord.; larboard, port (the left side of a ship)

   Antonym: tribord

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

• bobard

From Old Norse bakborði.

babord m (plural babords)

1. (nautical) port (left-hand side of a vessel)

• à babord (“aport”)

From Old Norse bakborð, bakborði.

babord

1. (nautical) aport

babord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. (nautical, aviation) port (left hand side)

• styrbord

• “babord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• bakbord

From Old Norse bakborð, bakborði.

babord

1. (nautical) aport

babord (indeclinable)

1. (nautical, aviation, uncountable) port (left hand side)

• styrbord

• “babord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French bâbord.

babord n (plural baborduri)

1. port (left-hand side of a vessel)

From bak (“back, behind”) +‎ bord (“bord, side of ship”), i.e. the side you turned your back to when steering the vessel as the steering oar was on starboard side. Calque of Dutch bakboord. First attested in 1691.[1]

babord (not comparable)

1. aport, on the left side of a vessel

   Antonym: styrbord

babord n

1. port, left side of a vessel

   Antonym: styrbord

• babord in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)
• babord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)