Definition
To overflow the banks or boundaries; to exceed or surpass limits; to sally forth or burst out.
Etymology
From French 'déborder' meaning to overflow, derived from 'de-' (out) and 'bord' (edge, border). The term originally referred to water overflowing riverbanks but expanded to mean any overflowing or exceeding of limits.
Kelly Says
The same 'bord' that gave us 'debord' also gave us 'border,' 'aboard,' and 'boatswain'—it's a word about edges that comes from the Germanic root for a flat surface, and seeing how many words cluster around it shows how much we think about boundaries.
Translations
ARالعربية
انفجار
in-fa-jar
CACatalà
desbordament
deh-sor-bor-dam-ent
CSČeština
přetéka
pre-te-ka
DADansk
overløb
oh-ver-loeb
DEDeutsch
Überfluss
oo-ber-fluss
ELΕλληνικά
πλήρωμα
pli-ro-ma
ESEspañol
desbordamiento
deh-sor-bham-ien-to
FRFrançais
débord
deh-bord
HIहिन्दी
पराबढ़
pa-ra-ab-dh
HUMagyar
túlcsordul
tool-choord-ul
IDBahasa Indonesia
tumpah
tu-mpah
ITItaliano
traboccare
tra-bo-ka-reh
MSBahasa Melayu
tumpah
tu-mpah
NLNederlands
overstroming
oh-ver-strom-ing
NONorsk
overløp
oh-ver-loep
PLPolski
przel lamang
prze-le-ma-ng
PTPortuguês
desbordamento
deh-sor-bham-en-to
RORomână
debordare
deh-bor-da-reh
RUРусский
переполнение
per-e-pol-nen-ie
SVSvenska
översvämning
o-ver-svam-ning
SWKiswahili
kujaza
koo-ja-za
TAதமிழ்
கடல் அலை
ka-dal a-lai
TEతెలుగు
పెద్ద ప్రవాహం
ped-da pra-va-ha-m
TRTürkçe
aşırı akış
a-shi-ri a-kash
UKУкраїнська
переповнення
per-e-pov-nen-nya
URاردو
overflow
oh-ver-flow
VITiếng Việt
tràn trề
tran tre