orchard
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orchard¹
- /ˈɔː.tʃəd/ UK
- /ˈɔɹ.t͡ʃɚd/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English orchard, orcherd, from Old English orċeard, ortġeard, a compound of *ort (probably from Proto-Germanic *urtiz, a dissimilated variant of Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“wort (plant)”), later incorrectly associated with unrelated Latin hortus (“garden”)) + ġeard (see hortyard and yard, which ironically is etymologically linked with hortus). Cognate with Swedish örtagård (“herb garden”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (aurtigards, “orchard”), Old High German orzōn (“to cultivate a field”). Equivalent to wort + yard. More at root.
noun orchards
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A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
[…]belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards,[…]
Similar: grove, plantation, woodlet
- The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.
Orchard²
Where it comes from
Topographic surname for someone who lived by an orchard.
proper noun Orchards
- A topographic surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: woodlet, grove, garden, fruit, tree, farm, plantation, yard, backyard, lisle, crab, verger, hays, woodlot, orangery, arboretum
Translations
Every language
noun land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
| Español | huerta (de árboles frutales), vergel, chácara |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 과수원 gwasuwon |
| 日本語 | 果樹園 kajuen |
| 中文 | 果園 /果园 guǒyuán |
| हिन्दी | फलौद्यान phalaudyān, बाड़ी bāṛī |
| Português | pomar |
| Français | verger |
| Deutsch | Obstgarten, Obstwiese, Obstplantage |
| Italiano | frutteto |
| Ελληνικά | οπωρώνας oporónas, περιβόλι perivóli |
| Română | pomet, livadă |
| Русский | сад sad, фрукто́вый сад fruktóvyj sad |
| Tiếng Việt | vườn cây ăn trái, vườn cây ăn quả |
| العربية | بُسْتَان bustān, بَيَارَة bayāra |
| עברית | מַטָּע mattá, בֻּסְתָּן bustán, פַּרְדֵּס pardés |
noun the trees in an orchard
| Español | árbol de huerta, (árbol) frutal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 과수 gwasu |
| 日本語 | 果樹 kaju |
| 中文 | 果樹 /果树 guǒshù |
| Português | árvore frutífera |
| Français | arbre fruitier m arbres fruitiers |
| Deutsch | Obstbaum |
| Italiano | albero da frutto |
| Русский | сад sad, фрукто́вый сад fruktóvyj sad, садо́вые дере́вья sadóvyje derévʹja, фрукто́вые дере́вья fruktóvyje derévʹja, плодо́вые дере́вья plodóvyje derévʹja |
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title = {orchard},
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