Masculine

jardin

Sentences

Meaning

Chacun cultive son
🔉

jardin comme il
👨

l’entend !

Everyone cultivates their garden as they see fit!

garden

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒaʁ.dɛ̃/

Cognate with Old French

Cognate with Old High German

Cognate with Old English

In summary

From Middle French jardin, from Old French jardin, from Medieval Latin jardinus (“garden”), from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”) (compare also Old French jart (“garden”)), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos (“hedge, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“court, yard”). Cognate with Old High German gart, garto (“garden, enclosure, yard”), Old English ġeard (“garden, yard, fence, enclosure”). Cognate with English garden, which was derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant. More at yard.