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):

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• 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

• 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

Descendants

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

See also

• huerta, huerto

Further reading

• “jardín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014