🇫🇷 French

jardin

masculine

le jardin

garden

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jardin
/lə ʒaʁdɛ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say jardin in French?

IPA
/lə ʒaʁdɛ̃/

How do you pronounce jardin in French?

jardin is pronounced /lə ʒaʁdɛ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le jardin public est très grand et bien entretenu.

The public garden is very large and well-maintained.

Mon jardin personnel est devenu un vrai paradis naturel.

My personal garden has become a true natural paradise.

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Why is it masculine?

Jardin is masculine. The word derives from Old French "jardin," which comes from Frankish "gardo" (an enclosed space or yard). This Germanic loanword was adopted into Old French and retained masculine gender, possibly influenced by Latin masculine nouns like "hortus" that referred to similar spaces. The masculine gender is a historical result of how the Germanic loanword was integrated into French phonology and gender assignment patterns.

What is the French word for garden?

The French word for garden is le jardin — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishjardínelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiangiardinoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesejardimomasculine

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