Aboard

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French a (“‘on, in’”) + board (Modern French: bord). (a- +‎ board)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ə'bɔ:rd]

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Adverb

Aboard (not comparable)

Positive Aboard

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

   We all climbed aboard.

2. Template:Nautical Alongside

   The ships came close aboard to pass messages.

3. (baseball) Successfully reached base

   He doubled with two men aboard, scoring them both.

Translations

on board

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kyytiin fi(fi), kyydissä fi(fi) (general); laivaan fi(fi), laivassa fi(fi), koneeseen fi(fi), koneessa fi(fi), vaunuun fi(fi), vauinussa fi(fi) (specific) French: please add this translation if you can German: an Bord de(de)

Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: a bordo it(it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: на борту ru(ru) (na bortú) within, на борт ru(ru) (na bort) into Spanish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Preposition

Template:En-prep

1. On board of; as, to go aboard a ship.

   We all went aboard the ship.

2. (obsolete) Across; athwart.

   (A date for this quote is being sought): Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. - Edmund Spenser

Derived terms

Nautical:

• fall aboard of, to strike a ship's side; to fall foul of.
• haul the tacks aboard, to set the courses.
• keep the land aboard, to hug the shore.
• lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.

Translations

on board of

Bulgarian: на борда bg(bg) Danish: om bord (på) Dutch: aan boord Finnish: illative case of the means of transport, e.g. laivaan fi(fi) French: à bord de

German: an Bord Interlingua: a bordo de Italian: a bordo di Portuguese: a bordo de Spanish: a bordo de

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• Vietnamese: trên tàu, trên boong tàu, trên thuyền, trên xe lửa, trên máy bay, dọc theo, gần, kế, lên trên

Anagrams

• aabdor,
• aborad
• abroad

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