jardín
See also: jardin
Spanish
Etymology
Like Portuguese jardim, Catalan jardí, Italian giardino, Borrowed from French jardin, from Medieval Latin jardinus (“garden”), from Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos (“hedge, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“court, yard”). Cognate with English garden and German Garten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaɾˈdin/ [xaɾˈð̞ĩn]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: jar‧dín
Noun
jardín m (plural jardines)
- garden
- ellipsis of jardín delantero (“front yard”)
- ellipsis of jardín trasero (“backyard”)
- rabbit hole; a time-consuming, hard to abandon tangent or detour
Derived terms
- coral de jardín
- jardín botánico
- jardín de Edén (English)
- jardín de infantes, jardín de niños, jardín de infancia, jardín infantil (“kindergarten”)
- jardinera (“window box, jardiniere, planter, plant stand”)
- jardinería
- jardinero (“gardener”)
- los jardines (“the outfield in baseball”)
- meterse en un jardín
- salvia de jardín
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “jardín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024