jardim

Portuguese

Um jardim

Etymology

From Old Portuguese jardin (“garden”), from Old French jardin (“garden, enclosure”), from Medieval Latin jardinus (“garden”), from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardo (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos (“hedge, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“court, yard”).

Compare Galician xardín, Spanish jardín, Catalan jardí, Occitan jardin, French jardin and Italian giardino.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐɾ.ˈðĩ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaʁ.ˈd͡ʒĩ(j̃)/, [ʒɐʁ.ˈd͡ʒɪ̃ɪ̯̃]
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): /ʒax.ˈd͡ʒĩ(j̃)/
  • (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ʒaɦ.ˈdĩ(j̃)/
• Hyphenation: jar‧dim

Noun

jardim m (plural jardins)

1. garden

Related terms

• jardinagem
• jardinar
• jardineiro

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: jaadi