courtil
French
Etymology
From Old French cortil (“garden, enclosure, small courtyard”), from Medieval Latin curtilis, from Latin curtus (“shortened, short”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuʁ.ti/
Noun
courtil m (plural courtils)
- (dated, poetic) (small) garden, yard
Further reading
- “courtil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French cortil, itself from Medieval Latin curtilis.
Noun
courtil m (plural courtils)
- vegetable garden