borgne

adjectivecommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

borgne

uncertain origin, perhaps derived from a pre-Latin borna (hole, cavity) see borne relating to the bher- ('to cut, cut, split') from which the Latin forare ('to pierce') is also derived.

Definitions

médecine
marine
architecture

Plural

borgnes

Translations

  • englishenglish:one-eyed
  • spanishspanish:tuerto
  • greekgreek:μονόφθαλμος
  • italianitalian:orbo
  • dutchdutch:eenogig
  • portugueseportuguese:caolho
  • russianrussian:кривой
  • swedishswedish:enögd

See also

borgnat (cn.) borgniat (cn.)