bonde

See also: Bonde and bondé

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish bondæ, from Old Norse bóndi, originally a present participle of bo (to live).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bonə/, [ˈb̥ɔnə]
  • Homophone: bunde

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 · skakbrikker (skak + brikker) (layout · text)
konge dronning tårn løber springer bonde

Further reading


Dutch

Verb

bonde

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of binden

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish bonde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbonde/, [ˈbo̞nde̞]
  • Rhymes: -onde
  • Syllabification(key): bon‧de

Noun

bonde

  1. (slang) countryside

Declension

Inflection of bonde (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative bonde bondet
genitive bonden bondejen
partitive bondea bondeja
illative bondeen bondeihin
singular plural
nominative bonde bondet
accusative nom. bonde bondet
gen. bonden
genitive bonden bondejen
bondeinrare
partitive bondea bondeja
inessive bondessa bondeissa
elative bondesta bondeista
illative bondeen bondeihin
adessive bondella bondeilla
ablative bondelta bondeilta
allative bondelle bondeille
essive bondena bondeina
translative bondeksi bondeiksi
instructive bondein
abessive bondetta bondeitta
comitative bondeineen
Possessive forms of bonde (type nalle)
possessor singular plural
1st person bondeni bondemme
2nd person bondesi bondenne
3rd person bondensa

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Gaulish *bunda, feminine form of *bundos (bottom), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn.[1] Cognate with Piedmontese bondon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̃d/
  • Homophone: bondes

Noun

bonde f (plural bondes)

  1. a plug, a bung

References

  1. bonde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bōnda, from Old Norse bóndi, from Proto-Germanic *būwandz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ(ː)nd(ə)/

Noun

bonde (plural bondes or bonden)

  1. tenant farmer, bond
  2. husband, head of household
  3. servant, retainer
Descendants
  • English: bond
  • Scots: bund, bond
References

Adjective

bonde

  1. The status of being a tenant.
  2. The status of being subservient; subservience
References

Noun

bonde

  1. Alternative form of band

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse búandi, bóndi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹bʊnːə/, /¹bʊndə/
  • Rhymes: -¹ʊnːə

Noun

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

  1. farmer
    Synonyms: gårdbruker, gardbruker
  2. (chess) pawn

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi, a contraction of búandi, present participle of búa. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic bóndi, Swedish and Danish bonde, and English bond.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²bundə/, /²bunːə/
  • Rhymes: -undə, -unːə

Noun

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

  1. a farmer
    Talet på bønder har gått ned.The number of farmers has gone down.
    Synonym: gardbrukar
  2. (chess) pawn

Derived terms

References


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bond.[1] The tramway sense is said to have originated from coupons sold as transport tickets which looked liked bonds issued at the time[2].

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbõ.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbõ.de/

  • Hyphenation: bon‧de

Noun

bonde m (plural bondes)

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

References

  1. bonde” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  2. “TRAMWAY - ETIMOLOGIA”, in (please provide the title of the work), accessed March 23, 2015, archived from the original on 2007-05-21

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

bonde (ma class, plural mabonde)

  1. valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

bonde c

  1. farmer
  2. (archaic) husband
  3. (chess) pawn

Declension

Declension of bonde 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bonde bonden bönder bönderna
Genitive bondes bondens bönders böndernas

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

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

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