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border collie en · NOUN

Etymology

Essentially the collie from the Scottish and English Borders.

Meanings

  1. A herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.
    • And you really know you are in The Dales when you see a border collie riding on the back of a quadbike! 2026 April 29, 'Mystery Shopper', “Misty moors to modern Metro”, in RAIL, number 1060, page 51:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Border Collie alternative lexicographic
Border collie alternative lexicographic
border collies Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

borgi

Descendants

ボーダー・コリー · бордер-колли

Translations (21)

pl border collie (border collie) · lt borderkolis (border collie) · bg бордър коли (border collie) · pt border collie (border collie) · ga cóilí teorann (border collie) · mk пограничен коли (border collie) · ja ボーダー・コリー (border collie) · sv bordercollie (border collie) · de Border Collie (border collie) · fi bordercollie (border collie) · cmn 邊牧 /边牧 (border collie) · eo landlima ŝafhundo (border collie) · ru бордер-колли (border collie) · cmn 邊境牧羊犬 /边境牧羊犬 (border collie) · tr sınır colliesi (border collie) · cmn 邊界牧羊犬 /边界牧羊犬 (border collie) · lv borderkollijs (border collie) · fr border collie (border collie) · sl borderski ovčar (border collie) · ko 보더 콜리 (border collie) · ms collie sempadan (border collie)