borderless

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adjective

Not having a border.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English border →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectiveborderless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot having a border.

    “We opened our doors to borderless Europe. This goes beyond eliminating border controls, it is the final affirmation of our European identity,” Bozinovic said.

    2023 January 1, “Croatia adopts euro, enters borderless Europe club on New Year”, in Al Jazeera
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    More specifically I would like to see whether and under what conditions we could re-engineer the utopia of a borderless world, and by extension, a borderless Africa, since, as far as I know, Africa is part of the world. And the world is part of Africa.

    2018 November 11, Achille Mbembe, “The idea of a borderless world”, in Africa Is a Country

    The reform is instrumental in making the Schengen area more resilient to present and future crises at its external borders. It makes also sure that people living and travelling in the EU can fully enjoy the benefits of borderless travel.

    2024 May 24, “Schengen area: Council adopts update of Schengen Borders Code”, in Council of the European Union

Origin

  1. Old Frenchbordeure
  2. Middle Englishbordure
  3. Englishborder
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  6. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  7. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  8. Englishborderless

From border + -less.

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Translations

Bulgarian безбрежен, безграничен
  • безбрежен (bezbrežen)lacking edges, limits, or boundaries
  • безграничен (bezgraničen)lacking edges, limits, or boundaries
Chinese Cantonese 無色界 /无色界
  • 無色界 /无色界 (mou⁴ sik¹ gaai³)lacking edges, limits, or boundaries
Chinese Mandarin 無色界 /无色界
  • 無色界 /无色界 (wúsèjiè)lacking edges, limits, or boundaries
Danish grænseløs
  • grænseløslacking edges, limits, or boundaries
Esperanto senlima
  • senlimalacking edges, limits, or boundaries
Estonian piirideta
  • piiridetalacking edges, limits, or boundaries
German grenzenlos, unbegrenzt
  • grenzenloslacking edges, limits, or boundaries
  • unbegrenztlacking edges, limits, or boundaries
Hungarian határtalan
  • határtalanlacking edges, limits, or boundaries
Polish bezgraniczny
  • bezgranicznylacking edges, limits, or boundaries
Swedish gränslös
  • gränslöslacking edges, limits, or boundaries
Turkish sınırsız, uçsuz bucaksız
  • sınırsızlacking edges, limits, or boundaries
  • uçsuz bucaksızlacking edges, limits, or boundaries
  • hudutsuzlacking edges, limits, or boundaries
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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