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border ['bɔ:də(r)]1 noun(a) (boundary) frontière f;∎ on the border between Norway and Sweden à la frontière entre la Norvège et la Suède;∎ they live near the Scottish border ils habitent près de la frontière écossaise;∎ to cross the border passer la frontière;∎ they tried to escape over the border ils ont tenté de s'enfuir en passant la frontière;∎ north of the Border (from viewpoint of England) en Écosse; (from viewpoint of Ireland) en Irlande du nord; (from viewpoint of the US) au Canada;∎ south of the Border (from viewpoint of Scotland) en Angleterre; (from viewpoint of Northern Ireland) en République d'Irlande; (from viewpoint of Canada) aux États-Unis; (from viewpoint of the US) au Mexique(b) (outer edge → of lake) bord m, rive f; (→ of field) bordure f, limite f; (→ of forest) lisière f, limite f(c) (edging → of dress, handkerchief, plate, notepaper) bord m, bordure f(state) frontière (inv); (zone) frontière (inv), frontalier; (search) à la frontière; (dispute, patrol) frontalier(b) (be adjacent to) toucher;∎ Mexico borders Texas le Mexique touche ou a une frontière commune avec le Texas;∎ their garden is bordered on two sides by open fields sur deux côtés, leur jardin est entouré de champs à perte de vue∎ the Borders les Borders fpl, = région frontalière du sud-est de l'Écosse;∎ in the Borders dans les Borders►► Border collie colley m berger;border controls contrôles mpl aux frontières;border crossing passage m de frontière;Military border guard garde-frontière m;border incident incident m de frontière;border police police f des frontières;Customs border post poste-frontière m;border region région f frontalière;border states = états américains limitrophes du Canada;Border terrier terrier m;border town ville f frontière ou frontalière(a) (be adjacent to) toucher, avoisiner;∎ my property borders on his ma propriété touche la sienne;∎ Italy and Austria border on each other l'Italie et l'Autriche ont une frontière commune ou sont limitrophes(b) (verge on) friser, frôler;∎ to border on rudeness/a lie/the absurd friser l'impolitesse/le mensonge/l'absurde;∎ his remark borders on slander sa remarque frise la calomnie;∎ hysteria bordering upon madness une crise de nerfs proche de ou qui frôle la folie
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