gazon

Concepts

lawn

meadow

grassland

turf

yard

grass plot

prairie

Synonyms

grasperk

grasmat

grasveld

perk

grasvlakte

zoden

Hyphenated as

ga‧zon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣaːˈzɔn/

Etymology

Borrowed from French gazon, from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (“piece of ground covered with grass, turf”), from Frankish *waso (“ground, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *wasô, *waisǭ (“moisture; ground”).