# polder
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpəʊldə/, /ˈpɒldə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: pol‧der
* Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

### Noun

polder (plural polders)
* (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes. [from 17th c.]
** 1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 43:The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.

#### See also

* dry lake
* floodplain

### Verb

polder (third-person singular simple present polders, present participle poldering, simple past and past participle poldered)
* To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.

### Related terms

* polder model

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔl.dər/

### Noun

polder (plural polders)
* polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, perhaps from polla (“A low ground elevation”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔl.dər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pol‧der
* Rhymes: -ɔldər

### Noun

polder m (plural polders, diminutive poldertje n)
* (geography) polder (land reclaimed from a body of water and enclosed by dykes)
    Hyponyms: bemalingspolder, droogmakerij, laagveenpolder, rivierpolder, verveningspolder, zeekleipolder

#### Derived terms

* bemalingspolder
* inpolderen
* kleipolder
* laagveenpolder
* polderen
* poldergemaal
* poldermodel
* poldermolen
* rietpolder
* rivierpolder
* veenpolder
* verveningspolder
* zeekleipolder
* zeepolder
* Anna Jacobapolder
* Augustapolder
* Bergpolder
* Bospolder
* Driemanspolder
* Flevopolder
* Grauwe Polder
* Groetpolder
* Katspolder
* Kleinpolder
* Kogerpolder
* Krakeelpolder
* Noordoostpolder
* Poelpolder
* 's-Gravenpolder
* Serlippenspolder
* Spaanse Polder
* Vierpolders
* Vrouwenpolder
* Waarderpolder
* Westwouderpolder
* Wippolder

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: polder
* → Caribbean Hindustani: podro
* → Caribbean Javanese: polder
* → English: polder
* → German: Polder
* → Papiamentu: polder

### References

* ↑ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “polder1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

### Further reading

* polder on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## French
### Etymology

From Dutch polder.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔl.dɛʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

polder m (plural polders)
* (geography) polder

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch polder.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɔl.dər]
* Hyphenation: pol‧dêr

### Noun

poldêr (plural polder-polder)
* polder

### Further reading

* “polder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch polder.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔl.dɛr/
* Rhymes: -ɔldɛr
* Syllabification: pol‧der

### Noun

polder m inan
* (geography) polder

#### Derived terms

* polderowy

### Further reading

* polder in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* polder in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Polder.

### Noun

polder n (plural poldere)
* polder

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpoldeɾ/ [ˈpol.d̪ɛɾ]
* Rhymes: -oldeɾ
* Syllabification: pol‧der

### Noun

polder (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔)
* Alternative form of folder