jardim
Portuguese
Um jardim
Etymology
From Old 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 jardin, French jardin and Italian giardino.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɐɾˈðĩ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaɾˈdʒĩʲ/
- (Carioca) IPA(key): /ʒaʁˈdʒĩʲ/
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /ʒaɦˈdĩʲ/
- Hyphenation: jar‧dim
Noun
jardim m (plural jardins)
- garden
Related terms
- jardinagem
- jardinar
- jardineiro
Descendants
- Kadiwéu: jaadi