yard

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
2. The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.
3. An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
4. A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
5. One’s house or home.

courtyard

court

railway yard

open space

parcel of land

parking area

bowelless

cattle-pen

piece of ground

piece of land

pinfold

workplace

arm’s length

yard measure

place to walk in

territorial dominion

cortile

play area

1000

enclosed area

Συχνότητα

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/jɑːd/

From Middle English yerd, yard, ȝerd, ȝeard, from Old English ġeard (“yard, garden, fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”). See also Dutch gaard, obsolete German Gart, German Garten, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål gård, Norwegian Nynorsk gard, Lithuanian gardas (“pen, enclosure”), Russian го́род (górod, “town”), Serbo-Croatian and Slovene grad ("town"), Albanian gardh (“fence”), Romanian gard, Avestan 𐬔𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬵𐬀 (gərədha, “dev's cave”), Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)), Medieval Latin gardinus, jardinus. Doublet of garden and garth.