jardín
See also: jardin
Spanish
Etymology
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”). (compare also Portuguese jardim, Catalan jardí, Italian giardino), German Garten. Cognate with English garden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaɾˈdin/ [xaɾˈð̞ĩn]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: jar‧dín
Noun
jardín m (plural jardines)
- garden
- front yard (Ellipsis of jardín delantero.)
- backyard (Ellipsis of jardín trasero.)
- rabbit hole; a time-consuming, hard to abandon tangent or detour
Derived terms
- coral de jardín
- jardín botánico
- jardín de Edén
- jardín de infantes, jardín de niños, jardín de infancia, jardín infantil (kindergarten)
- los jardines (the outfield in baseball)
- jardinera (window box, jardiniere, planter, plant stand)
- jardinero (gardener)
- jardinería
- meterse en un jardín
- salvia de jardín
Further reading
- “jardín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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