gardin

See also: Gardin and gardîn

Danish

Etymology

From German Gardine (curtain), from French courtine, from Old French cortine, from Medieval Latin cōrtīna (curtain), from Latin cohors (court, enclosure).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡardiːn/, [ɡ̊ɑˈd̥iːˀn]
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

gardin n (singular definite gardinet, plural indefinite gardiner)

  1. curtain
  2. drape, drapes
  3. blind (covering for a window)

Inflection

Declension of gardin
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gardin gardinet gardiner gardinerne
genitive gardins gardinets gardiners gardinernes

Middle English

Noun

gardin

  1. alternative form of gardyn

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Northern French gardin, Medieval Latin gardinus (garden) or oblique form of *gard, from Old Norse garðr (yard, garden), from Proto-Germanic *gardô, from *gardaz (yard). Compare French jardin, from Old French jardin.

Noun

gardin m (plural gardins)

  1. garden
    • 2006, Nellie Duquemin, “Au haut du gardin”, in P'tites Lures Normanes, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 38:
      Au haut des notre gardin y a en petit maisaon.
      At the top of our garden there is a privy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin cortina, via German Gardine.

Noun

gardin m or f or n (definite singular gardinen or gardina or gardinet, indefinite plural gardiner or gardin, definite plural gardinene or gardina)

  1. a curtain

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin cortina, via German Gardine.

Noun

gardin f (definite singular gardina, indefinite plural gardiner, definite plural gardinene)
gardin n (definite singular gardinet, indefinite plural gardin, definite plural gardina)

  1. a curtain

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Early Medieval Latin gardīnus, of Germanic origin. See also English garden.

    Noun

    gardin oblique singularm (oblique plural gardins, nominative singular gardins, nominative plural gardin)

    1. (Picard, Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French) garden (large outdoor area with plants and trees)

    Descendants

    • Middle French: jardin
      • French: jardin (see there for further descendants)
    • Norman: gardin, gardîn
    • Middle English: gardyn
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: jardin, jardim
    • Old Spanish: jardin

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From Low German Gardine, from Early Modern Dutch gardine (contemporary Dutch gordijn), from French courtine, from Old French cortine, from Medieval Latin cōrtīna (curtain), from Latin cohors.

    Noun

    gardin c

    1. a curtain (in front of a window)
    2. (in some compounds) a curtain, a drapery (more generally)
      sänggardin
      bed curtains

    Declension

    Derived terms

    See also

    References

    Anagrams

    Yagara

    Noun

    gardin

    1. blood

    References