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borne

boundary marker, bollard

noun BORN Rare
Travel & Places Landmarks

Also means

terminal, kiosk (tech)

Usage Note

Borne originally meant a boundary stone or milestone; today une borne kilométrique is a kilometre marker on French roads. In modern usage une borne increasingly refers to a self-service terminal or kiosk (borne interactive, borne de recharge = charging point). The plural les bornes also appears in the expression dépasser les bornes (to go too far, to cross the line).

Examples

"La borne interactive est en panne."

Natural Translation

The interactive terminal is out of order.

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