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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French jardin, from Medieval Latin jardinus (“garden”), from Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos (“hedge, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“court, yard”). (compare also Portuguese jardim, Catalan jardí, Italian giardino), German Garten. Cognate with English garden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaɾˈdin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: jar‧dín
Noun
jardín m (plural jardines)
- garden
- front yard (Ellipsis of jardín delantero.)
- backyard (Ellipsis of jardín trasero.)
- rabbit hole; a time-consuming, hard to abandon tangent or detour
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