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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garden

/ˈɡɑɹ.d(ə)n/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.77 in modern English

Syllables
gar-den
IPA
/ˈɡɑɹ.d(ə)n/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

noun

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

noun

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

noun

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

noun

The grounds at the front or back of a house.

British usage

noun

A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.

noun

The twentieth Lenormand card.

noun

A cluster; a bunch.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English gardyn, garden, from Anglo-Norman gardin, from Frankish *gardin-, oblique stem of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), whence also inherited English yard. (compare Old French jart alongside jardin, Medieval Latin gardīnus). Doublet of jardin and of garth. Displaced Old English wyrttūn. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian gard, Low German Goorn, Dutch gaard, gaarde, German Garten, Icelandic garður, French jardin, Spanish jardín, Italian giardino, Sicilian jardinu. Via PIE cognate with Bulgarian градина (gradina), Czech zahrada, Polish ogród, Russian огоро́д (ogoród). Compare typologically Latin hortus (a possible cognate via PIE); Ancient Greek περίβολος (períbolos), Proto-Iranian *paridayjah (whence Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *gʰerdʰ-, gardyn, gardin, *gardō, *gardô

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɡɑɹ.d(ə)n/
  • British English: /ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/

Usage

Inflected Forms

gardens (plural) gardens (present, singular) gardening (participle, present) gardened (participle, past) gardened (past) the Garden (canonical)

Derived Forms

carden Eastgardens gardenable gardenalia gardenburger gardencraft gardenesque gardenful gardenhood gardenish gardenize gardenless

Phrases

Acacia Gardens Allah's Garden Allenby Gardens Aspendale Gardens atomic garden Beach Haven Gardens bear garden Belgian Gardens

Synonyms

make garden farm garden variety park public garden yard pubic hair

Rhymes With

pardon harden arden darden barden marden carden varden mardon home garden gardon

Questions

How do you pronounce garden?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɑɹ.d(ə)n/.
What does garden mean?
An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
Where does garden come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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