gardin

Etymology

From German Gardine (“curtain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡardiːn/, [ɡ̊ɑˈd̥iːˀn]

Noun

gardin n (singular definite gardinet, plural indefinite gardiner)

1. curtain
2. drape, drapes
3. blind (covering for a window)

Noun

gardin

1. Alternative form of gardyn

Alternative forms

• gardîn (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old Northern French gardin, diminutive (compare Vulgar Latin hortus gardinus) or oblique form of *gard, from Old Norse garðr (“yard, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô, from *gardaz (“yard”). Compare French jardin, from Old French jardin.

Noun

gardin m (plural gardins)

1. (Guernsey) garden
   • 2006, Nellie Duquemin, ‘Au haut du gardin’, P'tites Lures Normanes, Cromwell Press 2006, page 38:

     Au haut des notre gardin y a en petit maisaon.

     At the top of our garden there is a privy.

Etymology

From Late Latin cortina, via German Gardine

Noun

gardin m, f, n (definite singular gardinen or gardina or gardinet, indefinite plural gardiner or gardin, definite plural gardinene or gardina)

1. a curtain

References

• “gardin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Late Latin cortina, via German Gardine

Noun

gardin f (definite singular gardina, indefinite plural gardiner, definite plural gardinene)
gardin n (definite singular gardinet, indefinite plural gardin, definite plural gardina)

1. a curtain

References

• “gardin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• jardin

Etymology

Of Germanic origin. See English garden.

Noun

gardin m (oblique plural gardins, nominative singular gardins, nominative plural gardin)

1. (Picardy, Anglo-Norman) garden (large outdoor area with plants and trees)

Etymology

From Low German Gardine, from Early Modern Dutch gardine (contemporary Dutch gordijn), from French courtine, from Medieval Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”), from Latin cohors.

Noun

gardin c

1. a curtain

References

• gardin in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)