bordering

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adjective

Having a common boundary or border

“France and Spain are bordering nations.”

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of border
adjectivebordering (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a common boundary or border

    France and Spain are bordering nations.

    1 more example

    King Pyrrhus was at dinner at an ale-house bordering on the theatre, when he was summoned to go on the stage.

    1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV
nounbordering (plural borderings)

plural borderings

  1. A pattern or ornament forming a border.

    White silk borderings and silver buckles.

    1874, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
adjoining

Translations

Ancient Greek πρόσχορος, ὅμορος
  • πρόσχορος (próskhoros)having a common boundary or border
  • ὅμορος (hómoros)having a common boundary or border
Catalan limítrof, fronterer
  • limítrofhaving a common boundary or border
  • frontererhaving a common boundary or border
Chinese Mandarin 設立疆界 /设立疆界
  • 設立疆界 /设立疆界 (shèlìjiāngjiè)having a common boundary or border
Finnish olla rajanaapuri
  • olla rajanaapurihaving a common boundary or border
French limitrophe
  • limitrophehaving a common boundary or border
German angrenzend
  • angrenzendhaving a common boundary or border
Italian cingente
  • cingentehaving a common boundary or border
Latin fīnitimus
  • fīnitimushaving a common boundary or border
Norwegian Bokmål tilgrensende
  • tilgrensendehaving a common boundary or border
Polish graniczący
  • graniczącyhaving a common boundary or border
Portuguese fronteiriço, limítrofe
  • fronteiriçohaving a common boundary or border
  • limítrofehaving a common boundary or border
Spanish lindante, colindante
  • lindantehaving a common boundary or border
  • colindantehaving a common boundary or border
  • rayanohaving a common boundary or border
  • fronterizohaving a common boundary or border
  • limítrofehaving a common boundary or border
  • aledañohaving a common boundary or border
  • linderohaving a common boundary or border
  • facerohaving a common boundary or border
  • comarcanohaving a common boundary or border
Swedish angränsande
  • angränsandehaving a common boundary or border
Turkish sınırdaş, hemhudut
  • sınırdaşhaving a common boundary or border
  • hemhuduthaving a common boundary or border
Cite this entry
APA

bordering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bordering

MLA

“bordering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bordering. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bordering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bordering.

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