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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjɑːd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈjɑːd]
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• General-American: /ˈjɑɹd/
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• General-American: [ˈjɑɹd]
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• Ireland: /ˈjäɹd/
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• Ireland: [ˈjäɹɣd]
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• Ireland: /ˈjäɻd/
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• Ireland: [ˈjäɻd]
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gherdh- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ghórdhos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Proto-West Germanic *gard Old English ġeard Middle English yerd English yard From Middle English yerd, yard, ȝerd, ȝeard, from Old English ġeard (“yard, garden, fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghórdhos, from Proto-Indo-European *gherdh- (“to enclose”). See also North Frisian guard, Guart (“garden, yard”), Dutch gaard, gaarde (“garden, yard”), German Garten (“garden, yard”), Danish, Swedish gård (“farm, estate, land; court, yard”), Faroese, Icelandic garður (“garden; fence”), Norn gart (“farm”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk gard, gård (“farm; townhouse”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards, “court, yard; house”), Lithuanian gardas (“pen, enclosure”), Russian го́род (górod, “town”), Serbo-Croatian grad (“town”), Slovene grad (“castle”), Albanian gardh (“fence”), Romanian gard (“fence”), Avestan 𐬔𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬵𐬀 (gərədha, “dev's cave”), Sanskrit गृह (gṛha, “house, habitation, home, dwelling”)), Medieval Latin gardinus, jardinus (“garden, yard”). Doublet of garden, garth, and gord.

From Middle English yerde, yerd, ȝerde, from Old English ġierd (“branch; rod, staff; measuring stick; yardland”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaʀd, from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz. Cognate with Dutch gard (“twig”), German Gerte and probably related to Latin hasta (“spear”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2 Proto-Indo-European *smih2 Proto-Indo-European *ǵhes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵhéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih2 Proto-Indo-European *ǵhéslih2 Proto-Indo-European *smih2ǵhéslih2 Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French million Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Frankish *-hardbor. Old French -art Middle French [Term?] French -ard French milliardbor. English milliardclip. English yard Clipping of milliard.

223 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: Yard — (New) Scotland Yard
• Albanian: gardh — land around a house
• Albanian: oborr — land around a house
• Albanian: bahçe — land around a house
• Albanian: kurt — land around a house
• Southern Altai: тӱнӱк (tünük) — land around a house
• Arabic: حَدِيقَة (ḥadīqa) — land around a house
• Armenian: բակ (bak) — land around a house
• Aromanian: curti — land around a house
• Asturian: portalada — land around a house
• Asturian: antoxana — land around a house
• Belarusian: двор (dvor) — land around a house
• Belarusian: дво́рык (dvóryk) — land around a house
• Bulgarian: двор (dvor) — land around a house
• Burmese: ဝင်းခြံ (wang:hkram) — land around a house
• Burmese: အိမ်ဝင်း (im-wang:) — land around a house
• Catalan: pati — land around a house
• Chechen: керт (kert) — land around a house
• Chickasaw: kasbi — land around a house
• Chinese Mandarin: 院子 (yuànzi) — land around a house
• Chinese Mandarin: 庭院 (tíngyuàn) — land around a house
• Coptic: ⲟⲛϩ (onh) — land around a house
• Czech: dvůr — land around a house
• Czech: dvorek — land around a house
• Danish: gård — land around a house
• Dutch: erf — land around a house
• Esperanto: korto — land around a house
• Estonian: õu — land around a house
• Finnish: piha — land around a house
• French: cour — land around a house
• French: jardin — land around a house
• Galician: eido — land around a house
• Galician: resío — land around a house
• Galician: quinteiro — land around a house
• Galician: eira — land around a house
• Georgian: ეზო (ezo) — land around a house
• German: Hof — land around a house
• Bavarian German: Huaf — land around a house
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards) — land around a house
• Greek: αυλή (avlí) — land around a house
• Greek: προαύλιο (proávlio) — land around a house
• Pontic Greek: αυλαία (avlaía) — land around a house
• Hebrew: חָצֵר (ẖatzér) — land around a house
• Hindi: बाड़ा (bāṛā) — land around a house
• Hungarian: udvar — land around a house
• Hungarian: kert — land around a house
• Hungarian: előkert — land around a house
• Ingrian: tanvas — land around a house
• Ingrian: kartano — land around a house
• Italian: cortile — land around a house
• Japanese: 庭 (niwa) — land around a house
• Khmer: ទីធ្លា (tiithliə) — land around a house
• Korean: 뜰 (tteul) — land around a house
• Korean: 마당 (madang) — land around a house
• Northern Kurdish: hewş — land around a house
• Latin: ārea — land around a house
• Latvian: pagalms — land around a house
• Lithuanian: kiemas — land around a house
• Macedonian: двор (dvor) — land around a house
• Norman: bel — land around a house
• Norwegian Bokmål: gård — land around a house
• Occitan: pati — land around a house
• Papiamentu: curá — land around a house
• Persian: حیاط (hayât) — land around a house
• Plautdietsch: Hoff (nds) — land around a house
• Polish: podwórze — land around a house
• Polish: podwórko — land around a house
• Portuguese: quintal — land around a house
• Portuguese: cercado — land around a house
• Portuguese: pátio — land around a house
• Romanian: curte — land around a house
• Russian: двор (dvor) — land around a house
• Russian: дво́рик (dvórik) — land around a house
• Sardinian: apitu — land around a house
• Serbo-Croatian: дво̀рӣште — land around a house
• Serbo-Croatian: а̀влија — land around a house
• Serbo-Croatian: dvòrīšte — land around a house
• Serbo-Croatian: àvlija — land around a house
• Slovak: dvor — land around a house
• Slovene: dvorišče — land around a house
• Spanish: patio — land around a house
• Spanish: yarda — land around a house
• Spanish: yadra — land around a house
• Swedish: gård — land around a house
• Swedish: trädgård — land around a house
• Swedish: tomt — land around a house
• Tày: cai — land around a house
• Tày: coo̱ng — land around a house
• Thai: ลาน (laan) — land around a house
• Thai: สนาม (sà-nǎam) — land around a house
• Turkish: avlu — land around a house
• Ottoman Turkish: آولی (avlı) — land around a house
• Ukrainian: двір (dvir) — land around a house
• Ukrainian: дво́рик (dvóryk) — land around a house
• Ukrainian: подві́р'я (podvírʺja) — land around a house
• Vietnamese: sân — land around a house
• Volapük: yad — land around a house
• Walloon: coû — land around a house
• Zazaki: isig — land around a house
• Albanian: gardh — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Bulgarian: депо (depo) — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Chickasaw: kasbi — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Coptic: ⲟⲛϩ (onh) — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Danish: gård — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Finnish: piha — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Finnish: -tarha — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Galician: cercado — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Hindi: प्रांगण (prāṅgaṇ) — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Hindi: आँगन (āṅgan) — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Hungarian: telep — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Ingrian: tarha — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Irish: clós — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Japanese: 置き場 (okiba) — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Korean: 울안 (uran) — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Norman: bel — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Vietnamese: sân — enclosed area for a specific purpose
• Catalan: iarda — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Czech: ráhno — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Dutch: ra — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Esperanto: jardo — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Finnish: raaka — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• French: vergue — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Galician: verga — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• German: Rah — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Hebrew: סְקַרְיָה (skaryah) — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Hungarian: keresztvitorlarúd — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Irish: slat — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Irish: cleith — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Japanese: 帆桁 (hogeta) — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Korean: 활대 (hwaldae) — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Middle English: yerde — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Polish: reja — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Portuguese: verga — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Romanian: vergă — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Russian: ре́я (réja) — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Spanish: verga — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Swedish: rå — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Turkish: seren — nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
• Esperanto: jardo — nautical: any spar carried aloft
• Finnish: puomi — nautical: any spar carried aloft
• Finnish: raaka — nautical: any spar carried aloft
• Persian: دکل (dakal) — nautical: any spar carried aloft
• Spanish: verga — nautical: any spar carried aloft
• Bulgarian: прът (prǎt) — staff, rod, stick
• Bulgarian: пръчка (prǎčka) — staff, rod, stick
• Esperanto: vergo — staff, rod, stick
• Esperanto: stango — staff, rod, stick
• Finnish: tanko — staff, rod, stick
• Finnish: sauva — staff, rod, stick
• French: verge — staff, rod, stick
• Galician: vara — staff, rod, stick
• German: Stab — staff, rod, stick
• German: Stock — staff, rod, stick
• Hungarian: rúd — staff, rod, stick
• Hungarian: pózna — staff, rod, stick
• Hungarian: bot — staff, rod, stick
• Hungarian: pálca — staff, rod, stick
• Irish: slat — staff, rod, stick
• Korean: 지팡이 (jipang'i) — staff, rod, stick
• Middle English: yerde — staff, rod, stick
• Spanish: vara — staff, rod, stick
• Arabic: يَارْدَة (yārda) — three feet
• Arabic: يَارْد (yārd) — three feet
• Armenian: յարդ (yard) — three feet
• Belarusian: ярд (jard) — three feet
• Bengali: গজ (goj) — three feet
• Bulgarian: ярд (jard) — three feet
• Burmese: ယာဒ် (yad) — three feet
• Burmese: ကိုက် (kuik) — three feet
• Catalan: iarda — three feet
• Cherokee: ᏑᏟᎶᏛ (sutlilodv) — three feet
• Cherokee: ᏯᏗ (yadi) — three feet
• Chinese Mandarin: 碼 /码 (mǎ) — three feet
• Cornish: lath — three feet
• Czech: yard — three feet
• Esperanto: jardo — three feet
• Estonian: jard — three feet
• Ewe: abɔ — three feet
• Finnish: jaardi — three feet
• French: yard — three feet
• French: verge — three feet
• Georgian: იარდი (iardi) — three feet
• German: Yard — three feet
• Greek: γιάρδα (giárda) — three feet
• Hindi: गज़ (gaz) — three feet
• Hungarian: yard — three feet
• Irish: slat — three feet
• Italian: iarda — three feet
• Italian: yard — three feet
• Japanese: ヤード (yādo) — three feet
• Japanese: 碼 (yādo) — three feet
• Kazakh: ярд (ärd) — three feet
• Khmer: យ៉ាដ (yaat) — three feet
• Korean: 야드 (yadeu) — three feet
• Korean: 마 (ma) — three feet
• Malay: ela — three feet
• Middle English: yerde — three feet
• Norwegian Bokmål: yard — three feet
• Persian: یارد (yârd) — three feet
• Polish: jard — three feet
• Portuguese: jarda — three feet
• Russian: ярд (jard) — three feet
• Spanish: yarda — three feet
• Spanish: vara — three feet
• Swahili: yadi — three feet
• Swedish: yard — three feet
• Tagalog: yarda — three feet
• Telugu: గజం (gajaṁ) — three feet
• Thai: หลา (lǎa) — three feet
• Turkish: yarda — three feet
• Ukrainian: ярд (jard) — three feet
• Urdu: گز (gaz) — three feet
• Uzbek: yard — three feet
• Vietnamese: thước Anh — three feet
• Vietnamese: yard — three feet
• Welsh: llath — three feet
• Welsh: llathen — three feet
• Welsh: llathau — three feet
• Zazaki: yarda — three feet
• Bulgarian: банкнота от 100 долара (banknota ot 100 dolara) — slang: one hundred units of currency
• Finnish: satku — slang: one hundred units of currency
• Finnish: huntti — slang: one hundred units of currency
• Hungarian: százas — slang: one hundred units of currency