# bonde
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish bondæ, from Old Norse bóndi, originally a present participle of bo (“to live”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bonə/, [ˈb̥ɔnə]
* Homophone: bunde

### Noun

bonde c (singular definite bonden, plural indefinite bønder)
* farmer
* peasant
* countryman
* (chess) pawn
* (card games) jack, knave

#### Inflection
### See also

Chess pieces in Danish · skakbrikker (skak + brikker) (layout · text) :
| konge | dronning | tårn | løber | springer | bonde |

### Further reading

* “bonde” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “bonde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Dutch
### Verb

bonde
* (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of binden

### Anagrams

* boden

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish bonde.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbonde/, [ˈbo̞nde̞]
* Rhymes: -onde
* Hyphenation: bon‧de

### Noun

bonde (slang)
* countryside

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bonde (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bondeni
bondeni
accusative
nom.
bondeni
bondeni
gen.
bondeni
genitive
bondeni
bondejeni bondeini $^{rare}$
partitive
bondeani
bondejani
inessive
bondessani
bondeissani
elative
bondestani
bondeistani
illative
bondeeni
bondeihini
adessive
bondellani
bondeillani
ablative
bondeltani
bondeiltani
allative
bondelleni
bondeilleni
essive
bondenani
bondeinani
translative
bondekseni
bondeikseni
abessive
bondettani
bondeittani
instructive
comitative
—bondeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bondesi
bondesi
accusative
nom.
bondesi
bondesi
gen.
bondesi
genitive
bondesi
bondejesi bondeisi $^{rare}$
partitive
bondeasi
bondejasi
inessive
bondessasi
bondeissasi
elative
bondestasi
bondeistasi
illative
bondeesi
bondeihisi
adessive
bondellasi
bondeillasi
ablative
bondeltasi
bondeiltasi
allative
bondellesi
bondeillesi
essive
bondenasi
bondeinasi
translative
bondeksesi
bondeiksesi
abessive
bondettasi
bondeittasi
instructive
comitative
—bondeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bondemme
bondemme
accusative
nom.
bondemme
bondemme
gen.
bondemme
genitive
bondemme
bondejemme bondeimme $^{rare}$
partitive
bondeamme
bondejamme
inessive
bondessamme
bondeissamme
elative
bondestamme
bondeistamme
illative
bondeemme
bondeihimme
adessive
bondellamme
bondeillamme
ablative
bondeltamme
bondeiltamme
allative
bondellemme
bondeillemme
essive
bondenamme
bondeinamme
translative
bondeksemme
bondeiksemme
abessive
bondettamme
bondeittamme
instructive
comitative
—bondeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bondenne
bondenne
accusative
nom.
bondenne
bondenne
gen.
bondenne
genitive
bondenne
bondejenne bondeinne $^{rare}$
partitive
bondeanne
bondejanne
inessive
bondessanne
bondeissanne
elative
bondestanne
bondeistanne
illative
bondeenne
bondeihinne
adessive
bondellanne
bondeillanne
ablative
bondeltanne
bondeiltanne
allative
bondellenne
bondeillenne
essive
bondenanne
bondeinanne
translative
bondeksenne
bondeiksenne
abessive
bondettanne
bondeittanne
instructive
comitative
—bondeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bondensa
bondensa
accusative
nom.
bondensa
bondensa
gen.
bondensa
genitive
bondensa
bondejensa bondeinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
bondeaan bondeansa
bondejaan bondejansa
inessive
bondessaan bondessansa
bondeissaan bondeissansa
elative
bondestaan bondestansa
bondeistaan bondeistansa
illative
bondeensa
bondeihinsa
adessive
bondellaan bondellansa
bondeillaan bondeillansa
ablative
bondeltaan bondeltansa
bondeiltaan bondeiltansa
allative
bondelleen bondellensa
bondeilleen bondeillensa
essive
bondenaan bondenansa
bondeinaan bondeinansa
translative
bondekseen bondeksensa
bondeikseen bondeiksensa
abessive
bondettaan bondettansa
bondeittaan bondeittansa
instructive
comitative
—bondeineen bondeinensa :

## French
### Etymology

Ultimately from Gaulish *bunda, feminine form of *bundos (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn. Cognate with Piedmontese bondon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔ̃d/
* Homophone: bondes

### Noun

bonde f (plural bondes)
* a plug, a bung

### References

* ↑ “bonde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Further reading

* “bonde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* bedon

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English bōnda, from Old Norse bóndi, from Proto-Germanic *būwandz.

#### Alternative forms

* bande, bounde, beonde, bond

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ(ː)nd(ə)/

#### Noun

bonde (plural bondes or bonden)
* tenant farmer, bond
* husband, head of household
* servant, retainer

##### Related terms

* husbonde

##### Descendants

* English: bond
* Scots: bund, bond

##### References

* “bō̆nd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.

#### Adjective

bonde
* The status of being a tenant.
* The status of being subservient; subservience

##### References

* “bō̆nd(e, n.(2) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bonde
* Alternative form of band

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse búandi, bóndi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /¹bʊnːə/, /¹bʊndə/
* Rhymes: -¹ʊnːə

### Noun

bonde m (definite singular bonden, indefinite plural bønder, definite plural bøndene)
* farmer
    Synonyms: gårdbruker, gardbruker
* (chess) pawn

#### Derived terms

* bondegård
* fruktbonde
* melkebonde
* sauebonde
* vinbonde

### References

* “bonde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* bóndi (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi, a contraction of búandi, present participle of búa. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic bóndi, Swedish and Danish bonde, and English bond.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²bundə/, /²bunːə/
* Rhymes: -undə, -unːə

### Noun

bonde m (definite singular bonden, indefinite plural bønder, definite plural bøndene)
* a farmer
    Synonym: gardbrukar
    Talet på bønder har gått ned. ― The number of farmers has gone down.
* (chess) pawn

#### Derived terms

* fruktbonde
* sauebonde
* vinbonde

### References

* “bonde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bond. The tramway sense is said to have originated from coupons sold as transport tickets which looked liked bonds issued at the time.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbõ.d͡ʒi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbõ.d͡ʒi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbõ.de/
* Hyphenation: bon‧de

### Noun

bonde m (plural bondes)
* (Brazil, archaic, economics) bond
* (Brazil) tramway, streetcar, cable car
    Synonym: (Portugal) elétrico
* (Brazil, slang) group of friends; gang

#### References

* ↑ “bonde”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* ↑ “TRAMWAY - ETIMOLOGIA”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2015 March 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 21 May 2007

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

bonde class V (plural mabonde class VI)
* valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse bóndi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²bʊnːdɛ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bonde c
* a farmer
    Bonden plöjde sin åkerThe farmer plowed his field
* (chess) a pawn
    slå bondencapture the pawn
* (obsolete) a husband

#### Derived terms

* bonna-
* husbonde

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: bonde

#### See also

* dräng

#### See also

Chess pieces in Swedish · schackpjäser (schack + pjäser) (layout · text) :
| kung | dam, drottning | torn | löpare | springare, häst | bonde |
* bondgård
* bonne
* bonnig

### References

* bonde in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bonde in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* bonde in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* Boden, boden