different between border vs fronter

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er.

Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?b??d?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??d?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)
• Homophone: boarder (accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Noun

border (countable and uncountable, plural borders)

1. The outer edge of something.

   the borders of the garden

   • 1843, Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation, Fragment on Government, Civil Code, Penal Law

     upon the borders of these solitudes

   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Reptentance (sermon)

     in the borders of death

2. A decorative strip around the edge of something.

3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
4. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
   • 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)

     The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday the men had been killed on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, on the border of Kandahar just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.

   • 23 June 2018, Mattha Busb, The Independent, Jogger crosses US-Canada border by mistake, is held for two weeks in detention centre

     A French tourist who accidentally crossed the border into the US from Canada during an evening jog was sent to a detention centre 125 miles away and held for two weeks until she was released.

5. (Britain, uncountable) border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
6. (computing) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

border (third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)

1. (transitive) To put a border on something.
2. (transitive) To form a border around; to bound.
3. (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.

   Denmark borders Germany to the south.

4. (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).

   Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

5. (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Folly of Scoffing at Religion

     Wit which borders upon profaneness […] deserves to be branded as folly.

Derived terms

• border on
• cross-border

Translations

Anagrams

• roberd

French

Etymology

From bord +? -er, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.de/

Verb

border

1. to border (add a border to)
2. to border (share a border with)
3. to tuck in

Conjugation

Derived terms

• avoir le cul bordé de nouilles

Further reading

• “border” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• broder, rebord

Middle English

Noun

border

1. Alternative form of bourdour

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• bord

Noun

border n

1. indefinite plural of bord

Etymology 2

Noun

border m

1. indefinite plural of bord

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt?(?)

Adjective

fronter

1. (phonetics) comparative form of front: more front
   • 2004, Bernd Kortmann, Edgar W. Schneider, A Handbook of Varieties of English: A Multimedia Reference Tool, Volume 1, page 621,

     In the word start, the Maori English vowel is somewhat fronter, despite our general observation that BATH/START is backer than in Pakeha New Zealand English.

   • 2004, Elizabeth Gordon, New Zealand English: Its Origins and Evolution, page 149,

     Similarly, diphthong shift of /au/ (the MOUTH vowel) involves a first element fronter than [A] or closer (higher) than [a], for example [k??] cow; diphthong shift of /ei/ (the FACE vowel) has a first element more open (lower) than [e], as in [pl??s] place (cf. RP [ple?s]); diphthong shift of /ou/ (the GOAT vowel) involves a first element fronter and/or more open (lower) than [o], for example /k??t/ coat (cf. RP [k??t]).

   • 2007, Terry Lynn Irons, On the Southern Shift in Appalachian English, page 122,

     The full development is Quadrant 4 in which /e/ is fully reversed in relation to /ey/, both fronter and higher.

Noun

fronter (plural fronters)

1. A person who or thing that fronts.
   • 1947 October 11, The Billboard, Gov?t Checks Ork Disk $$$, page 20,

     In the case of musicker?s salaries, the IR Department asks a recording band fronter to show if a fixed salary is guarantted to sideman, irrespective of the hours worked; […] .

   • 2002, Joe Catal, Telesales Tips from the Trenches: Secrets of a Street-Smart Salesman, page 167,

     Another point I'd like to bring up is the use of fronters. These are people who prospect for you.

   • 2012, D. Shadel, Outsmarting the Scam Artists: How to Protect Yourself From the Most Clever Cons, unnumbered page,

     By attending investment seminars or trade shows or dropping a business card off at a booth, you are sending a message that you are someone who is motivated to invest, which makes you more likely to say yes when the fronter calls on the phone.

Anagrams

• Fortner, for rent, refront

Middle English

Noun

fronter

1. Alternative form of frounter

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fronter m

1. indefinite plural of front

Swedish

Noun

fronter

1. indefinite plural of front