border collie

See also: bordercollie and Border Collie

English

Border collie

Alternative forms

Border Collie, Border collie

Etymology

Essentially the collie from the Scottish/English border.

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.

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)
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
Slovene: borderski ovčar m
Swedish: bordercollie (sv) c
Turkish: sınır colliesi

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English border collie.

Noun

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

border collie (breed of herding dog)

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