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)

  1. garden
  2. front yard (Ellipsis of jardín delantero.)
  3. backyard (Ellipsis of jardín trasero.)
  4. rabbit hole; a time-consuming, hard to abandon tangent or detour

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cebuano: hardin
  • Hiligaynon: hardin
  • Tagalog: hardin

See also

Further reading

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