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): /ʒɐɾˈðĩ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaɾˈdʒĩʲ/
  • (Carioca) IPA(key): /ʒaʁˈdʒĩʲ/
  • (Nordestino) IPA(key): /ʒaɦˈdĩʲ/
  • Hyphenation: jar‧dim

Noun

jardim m (plural jardins)

  1. garden

Descendants

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