polder
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊldə/, /ˈpɒldə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: pol‧der
- Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)
Noun
editpolder (plural polders)
- (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes. [from 17th c.]
- 1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 43:
- The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.
Translations
editarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
See also
editVerb
editpolder (third-person singular simple present polders, present participle poldering, simple past and past participle poldered)
- To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
Related terms
editAfrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpolder (plural polders)
- polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, perhaps from polla (“A low ground elevation”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpolder m (plural polders, diminutive poldertje n)
Derived terms
edit- general:
- toponyms:
Descendants
edit- Afrikaans: polder
- → Caribbean Hindustani: podro
- → Caribbean Javanese: polder
- → English: polder
- → German: Polder
- → Papiamentu: polder
References
edit- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “polder1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
edit- polder on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpolder m (plural polders)
Further reading
edit- “polder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpoldêr (first-person possessive polderku, second-person possessive poldermu, third-person possessive poldernya)
Further reading
edit- “polder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpolder m inan
Declension
editDeclension of polder
Derived terms
editadjective
Further reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editpolder n (plural poldere)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | polder | polderul | poldere | polderele | |
genitive-dative | polder | polderului | poldere | polderelor | |
vocative | polderule | polderelor |
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