ward

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• Received-Pronunciation: /wɔːd/
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• General-American: /wɔɹd/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
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• homophone: warred
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• CMU ARPABET: W AO1 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* As an English surname, from the noun ward and related cognates such as warden, guard etc. * As an Irish surname, reduced from McWard, from mac an bard (“son of the poet”). * As a Jewish surname, adapted from Warshawski, named after Warsaw. Comparable to Warszawski. * As a French surname, Americanized from Guerin.

A shortened form.

From Middle English warde, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor”), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognate with Dutch waard, German Wart.

From Middle English ward, warde, from Old English weard (“watching, ward, protection, guardianship; advance post; waiting for, lurking, ambuscade”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardu, from Proto-Germanic *wardō (“protection, attention, keeping”), an extension of the stem *wara- (“attentive”) (English wary, beware), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”). Cognate with German Warte (“watchtower”), warten (“wait for”); English guard is a parallel form which came via Old French.

From Middle English warden, from Old English weardian (“to watch, guard, keep, protect, preserve; hold, possess, occupy, inhabit; rule, govern”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardōną, *wardāną (“to guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Doublet of guard.

234 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: стра́жа (stráža) — action of a watchman
• Dutch: bewaking — action of a watchman
• Finnish: vartio — action of a watchman
• Finnish: vahti — action of a watchman
• French: garde — action of a watchman
• German: Wache — action of a watchman
• Old Irish: daltae — action of a watchman
• Italian: guardiano — action of a watchman
• Macedonian: стража (straža) — action of a watchman
• Manx: doltey — action of a watchman
• Portuguese: guarda — action of a watchman
• Spanish: guardia — action of a watchman
• Turkish: vesayet — action of a watchman
• Turkish: himaye — action of a watchman
• Turkish: koruma — action of a watchman
• Bulgarian: гард (gard) — fencing term
• Dutch: pareren — fencing term
• French: garde — fencing term
• Macedonian: гард (gard) — fencing term
• Turkish: gard almak — fencing term
• Dutch: binnenplein — area of a castle
• Dutch: binnenhof — area of a castle
• Dutch: binnenplaats — area of a castle
• French: cour — area of a castle
• Turkish: avlu — area of a castle
• Bulgarian: отделение (otdelenie) — section of a prison
• Dutch: blok van een gevangenis — section of a prison
• Dutch: celblok — section of a prison
• Finnish: osasto — section of a prison
• French: quartier — section of a prison
• Macedonian: одделение (oddelenie) — section of a prison
• Portuguese: pavilhão — section of a prison
• Russian: ка́мера (kámera) — section of a prison
• Turkish: koğuş — section of a prison
• Turkish: hücre — section of a prison
• Ottoman Turkish: قوغوش (koğuş) — section of a prison
• Vietnamese: phòng — section of a prison
• Bulgarian: райо́н (rajón) — administrative subdivision of cities
• Chinese Mandarin: 區 /区 — administrative subdivision of cities
• Czech: okrsek — administrative subdivision of cities
• Dutch: district — administrative subdivision of cities
• Esperanto: kvartalo — administrative subdivision of cities
• Finnish: kaupunginosa — administrative subdivision of cities
• French: arrondissement — administrative subdivision of cities
• German: Stadtbezirk — administrative subdivision of cities
• Ancient Greek: ἄμφοδον (ámphodon) — administrative subdivision of cities
• Hungarian: kerület — administrative subdivision of cities
• Hungarian: városrész — administrative subdivision of cities
• Irish: barda — administrative subdivision of cities
• Irish: barda cathrach — administrative subdivision of cities
• Japanese: 区 (ku) — administrative subdivision of cities
• Khmer: ខាង (khaang) — administrative subdivision of cities
• Khmer: សង្កាត់ (sɑɑsɑngkat) — administrative subdivision of cities
• Korean: 구 (gu) — administrative subdivision of cities
• Macedonian: рео́н (reón) — administrative subdivision of cities
• Māori: wāri — administrative subdivision of cities
• Nepali: वडा (waḍā) — administrative subdivision of cities
• Norwegian Bokmål: valgkrets — administrative subdivision of cities
• Polish: okręg — administrative subdivision of cities
• Polish: dzielnica — administrative subdivision of cities
• Portuguese: freguesia — administrative subdivision of cities
• Russian: райо́н (rajón) — administrative subdivision of cities
• Russian: о́круг (ókrug) — administrative subdivision of cities
• Swahili: wodi — administrative subdivision of cities
• Turkish: mahalle — administrative subdivision of cities
• Turkish: semt — administrative subdivision of cities
• Turkish: bölge — administrative subdivision of cities
• Vietnamese: phường — administrative subdivision of cities
• Afrikaans: wyk — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Arabic: جَنَاح (janāḥ) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Bulgarian: райо́н (rajón) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Czech: sbor — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Danish: menighed — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Dutch: gebied — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Dutch: wijk — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Fiji Hindi: ward — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• French: paroisse — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• German: Gemeinde — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Greek: τομέας (toméas) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Haitian Creole: pawas — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Hindi: वार्ड (vārḍ) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• White Hmong: pawg ntseeg — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Hungarian: egyházközség — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Icelandic: deild — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Italian: rione — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Japanese: ワード (wādo) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Korean: 와드 (wadeu) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Macedonian: оддел (oddel) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Norwegian: menighet — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Papiamentu: bario — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Iranian Persian: بَخْش (baxš) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Polish: okręg — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Portuguese: ala — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Russian: большо́й прихо́д (bolʹšój prixód) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Russian: прихо́д (prixód) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Serbo-Croatian: odjel — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Slovak: zbor — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Slovene: oddelek — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Spanish: barrio — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Swedish: församling — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Ukrainian: прихо́д (pryxód) — Mormonism: subdivision of church
• Arabic: جَنَاح (janāḥ) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Armenian: պալատ (palat) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Belarusian: пала́та (paláta) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Bulgarian: отделе́ние (otdelénie) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Chinese Mandarin: 病房 (bìngfáng) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Chinese Mandarin: 病室 (bìngshì) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Czech: oddělení — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Dutch: paviljoen — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Dutch: afdeling — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Estonian: osakond — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Finnish: potilassali — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Finnish: potilashuone — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Finnish: osasto — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Finnish: vuodeosasto — part of a hospital where patients reside
• French: unité — part of a hospital where patients reside
• French: pavillon — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Georgian: პალატა (ṗalaṭa) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• German: Station — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Greek: τμήμα (tmíma) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Hungarian: osztály — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Hungarian: betegszoba — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Indonesian: bangsal — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Indonesian: sal — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Indonesian: paviliun — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Irish: aireagal — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Irish: barda — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Irish: barda ospidéil — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Italian: reparto — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Japanese: 病室 病棟 (byōshitsu) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Korean: 병동 (byeongdong) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Korean: 병실 (byeongsil) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Latvian: nodaļa — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Lithuanian: skyrius — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Macedonian: одделение (oddelenie) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Malay: wad — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Manx: ward — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Māori: mātūtū — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Māori: rūma mātūtū — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Polish: oddział — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Portuguese: enfermaria — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Russian: пала́та (paláta) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Serbo-Croatian: bolesnička soba — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Slovak: oddelenie — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Slovene: oddelek — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Spanish: sala — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Spanish: pabellón — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Swahili: wodi — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Swahili: wadi — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Turkish: koğuş — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Ottoman Turkish: قوغوش (koğuş) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Ukrainian: пала́та (paláta) — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Vietnamese: khu — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Vietnamese: phòng — part of a hospital where patients reside
• Bulgarian: подопечен (podopečen) — person under guardianship
• Czech: svěřenec — person under guardianship
• Dutch: pupil — person under guardianship
• Dutch: curandus — person under guardianship
• Esperanto: vartito — person under guardianship
• Finnish: holhokki — person under guardianship
• Finnish: holhottava — person under guardianship
• French: pupille — person under guardianship
• German: Mündel — person under guardianship
• German: Pflegling — person under guardianship
• Irish: coimircí — person under guardianship
• Japanese: 被後見人 (hikōkennin) — person under guardianship
• Latin: pūpillus — person under guardianship
• Latin: pūpilla — person under guardianship
• Macedonian: штитеник (štitenik) — person under guardianship
• Māori: mataporenga — person under guardianship
• Polish: wychowanek — person under guardianship
• Polish: podopieczny — person under guardianship
• Portuguese: tutelado — person under guardianship
• Russian: подопе́чный (podopéčnyj) — person under guardianship
• Russian: подопе́чная (podopéčnaja) — person under guardianship
• Serbo-Croatian: štićenik — person under guardianship
• Serbo-Croatian: štićenica — person under guardianship
• Spanish: pupilo — person under guardianship
• Spanish: entenado — person under guardianship
• Turkish: vasi edinilen — person under guardianship
• Turkish: mehcur — person under guardianship
• Turkish: mahcur — person under guardianship
• Turkish: musi — person under guardianship
• Ukrainian: під опі́кою (pid opíkoju) — person under guardianship
• Vietnamese: trẻ tạm nuôi — person under guardianship
• Dutch: inkeping in sleutelbaard — on a lock or key
• Finnish: haitta — on a lock or key
• French: garde — on a lock or key
• German: Einschnitt — on a lock or key
• German: Aussparung — on a lock or key
• Portuguese: guarda — on a lock or key
• Spanish: guarda — on a lock or key
• Ottoman Turkish: دیش (diş) — on a lock or key
• Bulgarian: охранявам (ohranjavam) — To keep in safety; to watch; to guard
• Dutch: bewaken — To keep in safety; to watch; to guard
• Finnish: suojella — To keep in safety; to watch; to guard
• Macedonian: варди (vardi) — To keep in safety; to watch; to guard
• Macedonian: чува (čuva) — To keep in safety; to watch; to guard
• Portuguese: guardar — To keep in safety; to watch; to guard
• Russian: охраня́ть (oxranjátʹ) — To keep in safety; to watch; to guard
• Russian: сторожить (storožitʹ) — To keep in safety; to watch; to guard
• Spanish: guardar — To keep in safety; to watch; to guard
• Vietnamese: trông nôm — To keep in safety; to watch; to guard
• Bulgarian: пазя (pazja) — To defend; to protect
• Bulgarian: защитавам (zaštitavam) — To defend; to protect
• Dutch: verdedigen — To defend; to protect
• Finnish: suojella — To defend; to protect
• Portuguese: guardar — To defend; to protect
• Portuguese: proteger — To defend; to protect
• Russian: защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ) — To defend; to protect
• Spanish: guardar — To defend; to protect
• Spanish: proteger — To defend; to protect
• Vietnamese: bảo vệ — To defend; to protect
• Bulgarian: отблъсквам (otblǎskvam) — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Bulgarian: предотвратявам (predotvratjavam) — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Dutch: afweren — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Finnish: suojella — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Latin: arceō — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Portuguese: proteger — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Portuguese: defender — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Russian: отража́ть (otražátʹ) — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Vietnamese: tránh — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Vietnamese: đỡ — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Vietnamese: gạt — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Vietnamese: phòng — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Vietnamese: ngăn ngừa — To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
• Bulgarian: нащрек съм (naštrek sǎm) — To be vigilant; to keep guard
• Finnish: pitää vahtia — To be vigilant; to keep guard
• Finnish: olla vahdissa — To be vigilant; to keep guard
• Finnish: pitää vartiota — To be vigilant; to keep guard
• Finnish: olla vartiossa — To be vigilant; to keep guard
• Russian: быть начеку (bytʹ načeku) — To be vigilant; to keep guard
• Bulgarian: защитавам се (zaštitavam se) — To act on the defensive with a weapon
• Dutch: verdedigen — To act on the defensive with a weapon