jardim

Portuguese

Um jardim

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese jardin (“garden”), from Old French jardin (“garden, enclosure”), from Medieval Latin jardinus (“garden”), from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardo (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos (“hedge, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“court, yard”).

Compare Galician xardín, Spanish jardín, Catalan jardí, Occitan and French jardin and Italian giardino.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ/ [ʒaɦˈd͡ʒĩ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ/ [ʒaɦˈd͡ʒĩ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒaɾˈd͡ʒĩ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaɻˈd͡ʒĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐɾˈdĩ/ [ʒɐɾˈðĩ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaɦ.ˈdĩ(j̃)/
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: jar‧dim

Noun

jardim m (plural jardins)

1. garden
2. (Brazil) Ellipsis of jardim de infância.

Related terms

• jardinagem
• jardinar
• jardineiro

 

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: jaadi