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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