border collie

See also: bordercollie and Border Collie

English

Alternative forms

Border Collie, Border collie

Etymology

Essentially the collie from the Scottish and English borders.

Noun

border collie (plural border collies)

A herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.

Derived terms

borgi

Descendants

→ Japanese: ボーダー・コリー (bōdā korī)
→ Russian: бордер-колли (border-kolli)

Translations

border collie

Bulgarian: бордър коли n (bordǎr koli)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 邊境牧羊犬 / 边境牧羊犬 (zh) (biānjìng mùyángquǎn), 邊界牧羊犬 / 边界牧羊犬 (biānjiè mùyángquǎn)
Esperanto: landlima ŝafhundo
Finnish: bordercollie (fi)
German: Border Collie
Irish: cóilí teorann m
Japanese: ボーダー・コリー (bōdā korī)
Korean: 보더 콜리 (bodeo kolli)
Latvian: borderkollijs m
Lithuanian: borderkolis m
Macedonian: пограничен коли n (pograničen koli)
Malay: collie sempadan
Polish: border collie (pl) m
Portuguese: border collie m
Russian: бордер-колли (ru) (border-kolli)
Slovene: borderski ovčar m
Swedish: bordercollie (sv) c
Turkish: sınır colliesi

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English border collie.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbɔʁ.deʁˈkɔ.li/ [ˌbɔɦ.dehˈkɔ.li]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌbɔɾ.deɾˈkɔ.li/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌbɔʁ.deʁˈkɔ.li/ [ˌbɔʁ.deχˈkɔ.li]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌbɔɻ.deɻˈkɔ.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbɔʁ.deʁˈkɔ.le/ [ˌbɔɦ.dehˈkɔ.le]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbɔɾ.dɛɾˈkɔ.lɨ/ [ˌbɔɾ.ðɛɾˈkɔ.lɨ]

Noun

border collie m or f by sense (plural border collies)

border collie (breed of herding dog)