styrbord

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Swedish styrbord.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /styrboːr/, [ˈsd̥yɐ̯ˌb̥oːˀɐ̯]

Noun[edit]

styrbord

  1. starboard (right hand side of a vessel)

Adverb[edit]

styrbord

  1. toward the starboard side

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse stjórnborði.

Noun[edit]

styrbord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

  1. (nautical, aviation) starboard (right hand side)

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References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse stjórnborði.

Noun[edit]

styrbord (indeclinable) (uncountable)

  1. (nautical, aviation) starboard (right hand side)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology[edit]

From styra (steer) +‎ bord (bord, side of ship), the side which the steering oar was located, i.e. right. Likely a calque of Low German stürbort. First attested in 1687.[1]

Adverb[edit]

styrbord (not comparable)

  1. in starboard (right) direction of a vessel
    Antonym: babord

Noun[edit]

styrbord n

  1. starboard (right) side of a vessel
    Antonym: babord

Declension[edit]

Declension of styrbord 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative styrbord styrbordet
Genitive styrbords styrbordets

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • styrbord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)