border

border
border [ˈbɔ:dər]
1. noun
   a. ( = frontier) frontière f
• to escape over the border s'enfuir en passant la frontière
• on the borders of France aux frontières françaises
   b. (in garden) bordure f
   c. [of carpet, dress] bord m ; [of picture] encadrement m, cadre m
2. transitive verb
   a. bordered with [trees, patterns] bordé de
• France borders Germany la France et l'Allemagne ont une frontière commune
3. compounds
[state, post, town] frontière inv
► border patrol noun (US) patrouille f frontalière
► border on inseparable transitive verb
( = come near to being) friser
• it borders on insanity ça frise la folie
* * *
['bɔːdə(r)] 1.
noun
1) (frontier) frontière f

France's border with Spain — la frontière entre la France et l'Espagne

on the Swiss border — sur la frontière suisse

to cross the border — passer la frontière

to escape over ou across the border — s'échapper en passant la frontière

our allies across the border — nos alliés de l'autre côté de la frontière

2) (edge) (of forest) lisière f; (of estate, lake, road) bord m
3) (decorative edge) (on crockery, paper) liseré m; (on picture, cloth) bordure f
4) (flowerbed) plate-bande f
5) (hypothetical limit) frontière f (between entre)
6) Computing (of window) bordure f
2.
noun modifier [control] aux frontières; [crossing, patrol, state] frontalier/-ière; [area, post, town, zone] frontière (after n, inv); [police] des frontières; [incident] de frontière
3.
transitive verb
1) (lie alongside) [road, land] longer [lake, forest]; [country] border [ocean]

France borders Italy — la France a une frontière commune avec l'Italie

2) (surround) border

to be bordered by trees — être bordé d'arbres

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