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courtyard

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːt.jɑːd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R T Y AA2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She sat in the courtyard, enjoying the garden.
  • There comes a fairy in the courtyard, bearing a handful of gifts.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the house was built around an inner court

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: court

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: area

Narrower terms: atrium, bailey, cloister, food court, forecourt, parvis

History

Etymology

From court + yard.

Across languages

Translations

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: oborr — unroofed walled area
  • Albanian: kopsht — unroofed walled area
  • Arabic: فِنَاء (fināʔ) — unroofed walled area
  • Arabic: حَوْش (ḥawš) — unroofed walled area
  • Arabic: صَحْن (ṣaḥn) — unroofed walled area
  • Arabic: حوش (ḥōš) — unroofed walled area
  • Armenian: բակ (bak) — unroofed walled area
  • Assamese: চোতাল (sütal) — unroofed walled area
  • Azerbaijani: həyət — unroofed walled area
  • Belarusian: двор (dvor) — unroofed walled area
  • Belarusian: падво́р'е (padvórʺje) — unroofed walled area
  • Belarusian: падво́рышча (padvóryšča) — unroofed walled area
  • Bengali: অঙ্গন (oṅgon) — unroofed walled area
  • Bengali: উঠোন (uṭhōn) — unroofed walled area
  • Bulgarian: двор (dvor) — unroofed walled area
  • Burmese: အိမ်ဝင်း (im-wang:) — unroofed walled area
  • Burmese: ဝင်း (wang:) — unroofed walled area
  • Catalan: pati — unroofed walled area
  • Chinese Cantonese: 庭院 — unroofed walled area
  • Chinese Cantonese: 中庭 (zung1 ting4) — unroofed walled area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 庭院 (tíngyuàn) — unroofed walled area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中庭 (zhōngtíng) — unroofed walled area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 院子 (yuànzi) — unroofed walled area
  • Czech: dvůr — unroofed walled area
  • Czech: nádvoří — unroofed walled area
  • Danish: gårdsplads — unroofed walled area
  • Danish: slotsplads — unroofed walled area
  • Danish: forplads — unroofed walled area
  • Dutch: binnenplaats — unroofed walled area
  • Dutch: hof — unroofed walled area
  • Dutch: binnenhof — unroofed walled area
  • Esperanto: korto — unroofed walled area
  • Estonian: hoov — unroofed walled area
  • Even: төлин (tölin) — unroofed walled area
  • Evenki: тулигидэ (tuligidə) — unroofed walled area
  • Finnish: sisäpiha — unroofed walled area
  • Finnish: linnanpiha — unroofed walled area
  • French: cour — unroofed walled area
  • Galician: patio — unroofed walled area
  • Georgian: ეზო (ezo) — unroofed walled area
  • German: Hof — unroofed walled area
  • Bavarian German: Huaf — unroofed walled area
  • Gothic: 𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐍃 (rōhsns) — unroofed walled area
  • Greek: αυλή (avlí) — unroofed walled area
  • Ancient Greek: αὐλή (aulḗ) — unroofed walled area
  • Gujarati: આંગણ (ā̃gaṇ) — unroofed walled area
  • Gujarati: આંગણું (ā̃gaṇũ) — unroofed walled area
  • Gujarati: ચાચર (cācar) — unroofed walled area
  • Hebrew: חָצֵר (khatsér) — unroofed walled area
  • Hindi: आँगन (āṅgan) — unroofed walled area
  • Hindi: प्रांगण (prāṅgaṇ) — unroofed walled area
  • Hungarian: udvar — unroofed walled area
  • Icelandic: bæjarhlað — unroofed walled area
  • Icelandic: hlað — unroofed walled area
  • Irish: clós — unroofed walled area
  • Irish: cúirt — unroofed walled area
  • Italian: cortile — unroofed walled area
  • Italian: corte — unroofed walled area
  • Itsekiri: ùghà — unroofed walled area
  • Japanese: 中庭 (nakaniwa) — unroofed walled area
  • Jeju: 마당 (madang) — unroofed walled area
  • Kazakh: аула (aula) — unroofed walled area
  • Khmer: ប្រលាន (prɑɑlaan) — unroofed walled area
  • Khmer: ប្រាង្គណ៍ (praang) — unroofed walled area
  • Korean: 안마당 (anmadang) — unroofed walled area
  • Korean: 중정 (jungjeong) — unroofed walled area
  • Central Kurdish: حەوشە (ḧewşe) — unroofed walled area
  • Northern Kurdish: heyet — unroofed walled area
  • Northern Kurdish: hewş — unroofed walled area
  • Kyrgyz: короо (koroo) — unroofed walled area
  • Ladino: kortijo — unroofed walled area
  • Lao: ເດີ່ນ (dœ̄n) — unroofed walled area
  • Latin: aula — unroofed walled area
  • Latvian: sēta — unroofed walled area
  • Latvian: pagalms — unroofed walled area
  • Lithuanian: kiemas — unroofed walled area
  • Lutuv: tlawhmie — unroofed walled area
  • Macedonian: двор (dvor) — unroofed walled area
  • Malagasy: tokotany — unroofed walled area
  • Malayalam: അങ്കണം (aṅkaṇaṁ) — unroofed walled area
  • Manchu: ᡥᡡᠸᠠ (hūwa) — unroofed walled area
  • Māori: tahua — unroofed walled area
  • Māori: marae — unroofed walled area
  • Mingrelian: ოზე (oze) — unroofed walled area
  • Mongolian: хороо (xoroo) — unroofed walled area
  • Mongolian: хашаа (xašaa) — unroofed walled area
  • Nanai: тулиэ (tulie) — unroofed walled area
  • Norman: bel — unroofed walled area
  • Narom: gårdsplass — unroofed walled area
  • Narom: borggård — unroofed walled area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gårdsplass — unroofed walled area
  • Occitan: cort — unroofed walled area
  • Occitan: pati — unroofed walled area
  • Church Slavic: дворъ (dvorŭ) — unroofed walled area
  • Church Slavic: ⰴⰲⱁⱃⱏ (dvorŭ) — unroofed walled area
  • Ossetian: кӕрт (kært) — unroofed walled area
  • Pashto: انګړ (angáṛ) — unroofed walled area
  • Persian: میانسرای (miyānsarāy) — unroofed walled area
  • Iranian Persian: حَیاط (hayât) — unroofed walled area
  • Iranian Persian: ریخده (rixade) — unroofed walled area
  • Plautdietsch: Hoff (nds) — unroofed walled area
  • Polish: dziedziniec — unroofed walled area
  • Polish: podwórze — unroofed walled area
  • Polish: dwór — unroofed walled area
  • Portuguese: pátio — unroofed walled area
  • Punjabi: ਅੰਗਣ (aṅgaṇ) — unroofed walled area
  • Quechua: kancha — unroofed walled area
  • Romanian: curte — unroofed walled area
  • Russian: двор (dvor) — unroofed walled area
  • Russian: вну́тренний двор (vnútrennij dvor) — unroofed walled area
  • Russian: подво́рье (podvórʹje) — unroofed walled area
  • Northern Sami: šillju — unroofed walled area
  • Serbo-Croatian: дво̀рӣште — unroofed walled area
  • Serbo-Croatian: дво̑р — unroofed walled area
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvòrīšte — unroofed walled area
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvȏr — unroofed walled area
  • Slovak: nádvorie — unroofed walled area
  • Slovak: dvor — unroofed walled area
  • Slovene: dvorišče — unroofed walled area
  • Lower Sorbian: dwór — unroofed walled area
  • Spanish: patio — unroofed walled area
  • Svan: ჰაზუ (hazu) — unroofed walled area
  • Swedish: gårdsplan — unroofed walled area
  • Swedish: innergård — unroofed walled area
  • Swedish: borggård — unroofed walled area
  • Tajik: ҳавлӣ (havli) — unroofed walled area
  • Thai: ลาน (laan) — unroofed walled area
  • Turkish: avlu — unroofed walled area
  • Turkish: hayat — unroofed walled area
  • Ottoman Turkish: آولی (avlı) — unroofed walled area
  • Ottoman Turkish: صحن (sahan) — unroofed walled area
  • Turkmen: howly — unroofed walled area
  • Turkmen: haýat — unroofed walled area
  • Udmurt: азбар (azbar) — unroofed walled area
  • Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎑𐎗 (ḥẓr) — unroofed walled area
  • Ukrainian: двір (dvir) — unroofed walled area
  • Ukrainian: подві́р'я (podvírʺja) — unroofed walled area
  • Urdu: آن٘گَن (āṅgan) — unroofed walled area
  • Urdu: صَحْن (sahn) — unroofed walled area
  • Uyghur: ھويلى (hoyli) — unroofed walled area
  • Uzbek: hovli — unroofed walled area
  • Vietnamese: sân — unroofed walled area
  • Welsh: cwrt — unroofed walled area
  • Yiddish: הויף (hoyf) — unroofed walled area
  • Yoruba: ìgà — unroofed walled area
  • Yoruba: ụ̀à (Èkìtì) — unroofed walled area
  • Yoruba: ùwà (Oǹdó) — unroofed walled area
  • Yoruba: ùghà (Oǹdó, Ọ̀wọ̀) — unroofed walled area
  • Yoruba: ùgà (Ìjẹ̀bú) — unroofed walled area
  • Yoruba: alẹ́de (Owé) — unroofed walled area
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