French

Noun

jardin m ‎(plural jardins)

1. garden

Related terms

• jardinage
• jardiner
• jardinerie
• jardinet
• jardinier, jardinière

Derived terms

• jardin public
• jardin zoologique

Interlingua

Noun

jardin ‎(plural jardines)

1. garden

Mirandese

Noun

jardin m ‎(plural jardines)

1. garden

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(d)ʒarˈdi]

Noun

jardin m (plural jardins)

1. garden

Old French

Noun

jardin m ‎(oblique plural jardins, nominative singular jardins, nominative plural jardin)

1. Alternative form of gardin

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French jardin ‎(“garden, enclosure”), probably from Vulgar Latin or early Gallo-Romance hortus gardinus, 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 *gʰerdʰ- ‎(“court, yard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaɾˈdĩ/

Noun

jardin m

1. garden
2. (figuratively, Christianity) Heaven
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 235 (facsimile):

     […] a Loemos que nos meta no iardi[n] / de ſeu fille que nos guarde do mui grand fogỹfernal.

     […] let us praise Her so that She will admit us to the garden of Her Son (=Heaven) and save us from the great fire of ****.

Synonyms

• (garden): orto, vergeu
• (Heaven): ceo, parayso

Descendants

• Galician: xardín
• Portuguese: jardim