yard

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /jɑː(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /jA:(r)d/
• (US) enPR: yärd, IPA: /jɑːɹd/, SAMPA: /jA:rd

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English ġeard, from Germanic *garda-, from Proto-Indo-European *gher- (“‘enclosure’”). Cognate with Dutch gaard, German Garten, Swedish gård. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin hortus (“‘garden’”), Russian город (“‘town’”). Compare garden.

[edit] Noun

yard (plural yards)

1. A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
2. An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
3. (Jamaica) One’s house or home.

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See also Yard

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English ġerd, from West Germanic. Cognate with Dutch gard (“‘twig’”), German Gerte.

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yard (plural yards)

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1. (nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.
2. (nautical) Any spar carried aloft.
3. A staff, rod or stick.
4. A unit of length equal to three feet (exactly 0.9144 metres in the US and UK).
5. (US, slang) One-hundred dollars.

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[edit] Etymology 3

Corruption of French milliard.

[edit] Noun

yard (plural yards)

1. (finance) 10⁹, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.

   I need to hedge a yard of yen.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adry
• dray

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yard m. (plural yards)

1. yard (unit of length)

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1. yard (unit of length)

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• iarda