lawn

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
2. (England, countable, historical, regional, uncountable) An open space between woods.
3. (countable, uncountable) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.

Verb

To furnish with a lawn.

Sinonieme

meadow

turf

grass

sod

yard

grassland

field

green

sward

courtyard

pasture

cambric

ground

grass-plot

garden

court

verdure

grass plot

grassplot

pitch

plain

playground

play ground

plaza

plot

prairie

rush

scalp

garden patch

terrace

vine

viridity

weed

week

batiste

small ground

green grass

grassy place

glade

enclosure

backyard

greenery

greensward

lea

lot

open space

park

🏞️

patio

Vertalings

gazon

pelouse

Rasen

césped

prato

gazon

gramado

prado

grasperk

γρασίδι

grasveld

gespa

χλόη

Wiese

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/lɔːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: launde

Verwante met Bretons: lann

Verwante met Old Norse: -

Verwante met Old English: land

In summary

Early Modern English laune (“turf, grassy area”), alteration of laund (“glade”), from Middle English launde, from Old French lande (“heath, moor”), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).
Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land. Doublet of land and lande.