polder

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊldə/, /ˈpɒldə/
• Hyphenation: pol‧der
• Rhymes: -əʊldə(r)

polder (plural polders)

1. (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes. [from 17th c.]
   • 1999, Philipp Blom, translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage 2001, p. 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.

polder (third-person singular simple present polders, present participle poldering, simple past and past participle poldered)

1. To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dər/

polder (plural polders)

1. polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

From Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, perhaps from polla (“A low ground elevation”). [1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dər/

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• Hyphenation: pol‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔldər

polder m (plural polders, diminutive poldertje n)

1. (geography) polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

• inpolderen
• kleipolder
• polderen
• poldergemaal
• poldermodel
• poldermolen
• rietpolder
• veenpolder
• zeepolder

• Afrikaans: polder
• → English: polder

• polder on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

From Dutch polder.

• IPA^(key): /pɔl.dɛʁ/

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polder m (plural polders)

1. (geography) polder

• “polder” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).