jardin

See also: Jardin and jardín

English

Etymology

French jardin (“garden”), from the mossy appearance.

Noun

jardin (plural jardins)

1. The inclusions and fissures within an emerald.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French jardin, from Old French jardin, from Medieval Latin jardinus (“garden”), from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”) (compare also Old French jart (“garden”)}}), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos (“hedge, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“court, yard”). Cognate with Old High German gart, garto (“garden, enclosure, yard”), Old English ġeard (“garden, yard, fence, enclosure”). Cognate with English garden, which was derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant. More at yard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaʁ.dɛ̃/

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Noun

jardin m (plural jardins)

1. garden

Derived terms

• jardin public
• jardin zoologique

Related terms

• jardinage
• jardiner
• jardinerie
• jardinet
• jardinier, jardinière

Descendants

• → Catalan: jardí
• → Spanish: jardín (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “jardin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Interlingua

Noun

jardin (plural jardines)

1. garden

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese jardim.

Noun

jardin

1. garden
2. backyard

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

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Mirandese

Noun

jardin m (plural jardines)

1. garden

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(d)ʒarˈdi]

Noun

jardin m (plural jardins)

1. garden

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Old French

Noun

jardin oblique singular, m (oblique plural jardins, nominative singular jardins, nominative plural jardin)

1. Alternative form of gardin

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French jardin (“garden, enclosure”), probably from Vulgar Latin or early Gallo-Romance hortus gardinus, 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 *gʰerdʰ- (“court, yard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaɾˈdĩ/

Noun

jardin m

1. garden
2. (figuratively, Christianity) Heaven
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 235 (facsimile):

     […] a Loemos que nos meta no iardi[n] / de ſeu fille que nos guarde do mui grand fogỹfernal.

     […] let us praise Her so that She will admit us to the garden of Her Son (=Heaven) and save us from the great fire of Hell.

Synonyms

• (garden): orto, vergeu
• (Heaven): ceo, parayso

Descendants

• Galician: xardín
• Portuguese: jardim

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Spanish

Noun

jardin m (plural jardines)

1. Obsolete spelling of jardín.