Frontier

//ˈfɹʌntɪə//

Synonyms for "frontier" (213 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Noun(2 words)
borderborderland

Strong matches (64)

Related words (106)

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Translations

88 translations across 50 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὅρος noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Arabic

2 entries
  • حَدّ noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • حُدُود noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Armenian

1 entries
  • սահման noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Avestan

1 entries
  • 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀 noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • грані́ца noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • мяжа́ noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • гра́ница noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Catalan

1 entries
  • frontera noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 國境 /国境 noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • 國界 /国界 noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • 邊境 /边境 noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • 邊界 /边界 noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Czech

3 entries
  • hranice noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • pohraničí noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • pomezí noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Danish

3 entries
  • grænse noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • grænseområde noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • landegrænse noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Dutch

2 entries
  • grens noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • landgrens noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Dzongkha

2 entries
  • ཁྲ་ཡི་ན noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • མཚམས noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Estonian

1 entries
  • piir noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Fakkanci

1 entries
  • ɘ̄r-kèŋgì noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Faroese

1 entries
  • landamark noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Finnish

3 entries
  • raja noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • rajamaa noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • rajaseutu noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

French

1 entries
  • frontière noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Galician

1 entries
  • fronteira noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Gan Chinese

1 entries
  • 國界 /国界 noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

German

4 entries
  • Grenze noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • Grenzgebiet noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • Grenzgegend noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • Grenzland noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Greek

1 entries
  • σύνορο noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Hindi

3 entries
  • सरहद noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • सीमा noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • सीमांचल noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • határ noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Ido

1 entries
  • frontiero noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • padan noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • sempadan noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Italian

2 entries
  • confine noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • frontiera noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 国境 noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • 境界 noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ជាយដែន noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • ទល់ដែន noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Korean

2 entries
  • 경계 noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • 국경 noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Latin

1 entries
  • finis noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Latvian

2 entries
  • pierobeža noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • robeža noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • confìnn-a noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • siena noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • граница noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • landegrense noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • landegrense noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Occitan

1 entries
  • frontièra noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Persian

2 entries
  • سرحد noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • مرز noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Polish

1 entries
  • granica noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • fronteira noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Romanian

1 entries
  • frontieră noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Russian

4 entries
  • грани́ца noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • кордо́н noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • межа́ noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • окра́ина noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • grànica noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • гра̀ница noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hranica noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Slovene

1 entries
  • meja noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Spanish

1 entries
  • frontera noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Swedish

2 entries
  • gräns noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • landgräns noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Tajik

2 entries
  • сарҳад noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • ҳудуд noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • грани́ця noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • кордо́н noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • межа́ noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
  • рубі́ж noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Urdu

1 entries
  • سَرحَد noun (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

Sample sentences

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Many families left to make a new life on the frontier.

Source: tatoeba (274796)

Many families went west to make a new life on the frontier.

Source: tatoeba (274797)

The soldiers proceeded to the frontier with caution.

Source: tatoeba (320103)

The soldiers headed for the frontier with caution.

Source: tatoeba (320128)

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