bonde

Etymology

From Old Danish bondæ, from Old Norse bóndi.

Noun

bonde c (singular definite bonden, plural indefinite bønder)

1. farmer
2. peasant
3. countryman
4. (chess) pawn
5. (card games) jack, knave

See also

Chess pieces in Danish · skakbrikker (skak + brikker) (layout · text)
konge	dronning	tårn	løber	springer	bonde

Verb

bonde

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of binden

Anagrams

• boden

Etymology

From Swedish bonde

Noun

bonde

1. (slang) countryside

Etymology

Ultimately from Gaulish *bunda, feminine form of *bundos (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn.^[1]

Noun

bonde f (plural bondes)

1. a plug, a bung

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bedon

Etymology 1

From Old English bōnda, from Old Norse bóndi, from Proto-Germanic *būwandz.

Etymology 2

From Old English bend.

Etymology

From Old Norse búandi, bóndi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹bunə/, /¹bundə/
• Rhymes: -¹unə

Noun

bonde m (definite singular bonden, indefinite plural bønder, definite plural bøndene)

1. farmer
2. (chess) pawn

References

• “bonde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse búandi, bóndi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bʊnːə/, /²bʊndə/
• Rhymes: -²unːə, -²undːə

Noun

bonde m (definite singular bonden, indefinite plural bønder, definite plural bøndene)

1. farmer

   Talet på bønder har gått ned.

   The number of farmers has gone down.

2. (chess) pawn

References

• “bonde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From English bond. The tramway sense is said to have originated from coupons sold as transport tickets which looked liked bonds issued at the time^[1].

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.də/, [ˈbõ.dɨ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.di/, [ˈbõⁿ.dʒi]

Noun

bonde m (plural bondes)

1. (economics) bond
2. (Brazil) tramway, streetcar, cable car
3. (Brazil, slang) group of friends; gang

Noun

bonde (ma class, plural mabonde)

1. valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bonde c

1. farmer
2. (chess) pawn

See also

Chess pieces in Swedish · schackpjäser (schack + pjäser) (layout · text)
kung	drottning, dam	torn	löpare	springare, häst	bonde

• bondgård
• bonne
• bonnig