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/ˈjɑːd/YAHRD
/ˈjɑɹd/YAHRD

Meaningenclosure

Common meaning: open area beside a building

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAR‘seize, grasp, hold, contain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 113, p. 734 · scan
  2. Old Englishgeard‘enclosure’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishyerdsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsenclosure → open area beside a buildingyard‘open area beside a building’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English geard ‘enclosure’.

Roots

  • geard Old English “enclosure”

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