Yard

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Related terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms

English

Pronunciation

• RP: IPA: /jɑːd/
• US: IPA: /jɑːrd/

Etymology 1

Old English Ä¡eard.

Noun

yard (plural: yards)

1. The land surrounding a house and belong to the owner of the house.
2. (Jamaican) One’s house or home.
3. (Jamaican) Jamaica (used by Jamaicans when abroad)

Translations

land around a house

Arabic: حديقة (hadíeqa) f. Chinese: 院子 (yuànzi) Dutch: erf Finnish: piha French: cour f. German: Hof m. Italian: cortile m.

Japanese: 庭 (にわ, niwa) Korean: 마당 (madang) Portuguese: cercado m. Russian: двор (dvor) m. Romanian: yard m. Spanish: patio m. Swedish: gård, trädgård, tomt

Related terms

• courtyard
• farmyard
• yardbird
• Yardie

Etymology 2

Old English Ä¡erd.

Noun

yard (plural: yards)

1. (Nautical) A long tapered timber hung by its centre to a mast to which is bent a topsail or squaresail.
2. (Nautical) Any spar carried aloft.
3. (slang) One hundred dollars.
4. A unit of length equal to three feet (exactly 0.9144 metre in the U.S. and UK).

Translations

3 feet

French: yard m.

Italian: iarda f., yard f. Spanish: yarda f.

Related terms

• yard of ale
• yardarm
• yardstick

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French

Noun

yard m. (plural: yards)

1. yard (unit of length)

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Italian

Noun

yard f. (plural: yard)

1. yard (unit of length)

Synonyms

• iardaang:yard

el:yard fr:yard it:yard nl:yard pl:yard fi:yard zh:yard