jardim

Meaning

1. (masculine) garden
2. (Brazil,abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,masculine) Ellipsis of jardim de infância.

Hyphenated as

jar‧dim

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese jardin (“garden”), from Old French jardin (“garden, enclosure”), from Medieval Latin jardinus (“garden”), 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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“court, yard”).
Compare Galician xardín, Spanish jardín, Catalan jardí, Occitan and French jardin and Italian giardino.