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gard¹

  • /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/

Sounds like garde, guard · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

From Old English gard, northern variant of ġeard (whence yard).

noun gards

  1. obsolete A garden.

gard²

  • /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/

Sounds like garde, guard · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d

noun gards

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of guard

verb gards · garding · garded

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of guard

Gard³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Gard.

proper noun

  1. A department of Occitania, France.
  2. A right tributary of the Rhône flowing through the departments of Lozère and Gard, in southern France.

    Similar: Gardon

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name department of France

FrançaisGard

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"gard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gard

Chicago

"gard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gard.

BibTeX
@misc{gard_2026,
  title = {gard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}