Meanings
nouncourtyard (plural courtyards)
plural courtyards
- An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
She sat in the courtyard, enjoying the garden.
1 more example
There comes a fairy in the courtyard, bearing a handful of gifts.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek αὐλή
- αὐλή (aulḗ)unroofed walled area
Arabic فِنَاء, حَوْش
- فِنَاء (fināʔ)unroofed walled area
- حَوْش (ḥawš)unroofed walled area
- صَحْن (ṣaḥn)unroofed walled area
Bengali অঙ্গন, উঠোন
- অঙ্গন (oṅgon)unroofed walled area
- উঠোন (uṭhōn)unroofed walled area
Bulgarian двор
- двор (dvor)unroofed walled area
Catalan pati
- patiunroofed walled area
Chinese Cantonese 庭院, 中庭
- 庭院unroofed walled area
- 中庭 (zung¹ ting⁴)unroofed walled area
Chinese Mandarin 庭院, 中庭
- 庭院 (tíngyuàn)unroofed walled area
- 中庭 (zhōngtíng)unroofed walled area
- 院子 (yuànzi)unroofed walled area
Czech dvůr, nádvoří
- dvůrunroofed walled area
- nádvoříunroofed walled area
Danish gårdsplads, slotsplads
- gårdspladsunroofed walled area
- slotspladsunroofed walled area
- forpladsunroofed walled area
Dutch binnenplaats, hof
- binnenplaatsunroofed walled area
- hofunroofed walled area
- binnenhofunroofed walled area
Esperanto korto
- kortounroofed walled area
Estonian hoov
- hoovunroofed walled area
Finnish sisäpiha, linnanpiha
- sisäpihaunroofed walled area
- linnanpihaunroofed walled area
French cour
- courunroofed walled area
German Hof
- Hofunroofed walled area
Greek αυλή
- αυλή (avlí)unroofed walled area
Hebrew חָצֵר
- חָצֵר (khatsér)unroofed walled area
Hindi आँगन, प्रांगण
- आँगन (āṅgan)unroofed walled area
- प्रांगण (prāṅgaṇ)unroofed walled area
Hungarian udvar
- udvarunroofed walled area
Icelandic bæjarhlað, hlað
- bæjarhlaðunroofed walled area
- hlaðunroofed walled area
Irish clós, cúirt
- clósunroofed walled area
- cúirtunroofed walled area
Italian cortile, corte
- cortileunroofed walled area
- corteunroofed walled area
Japanese 中庭
- 中庭 (nakaniwa)unroofed walled area
Korean 안마당, 중정
- 안마당 (anmadang)unroofed walled area
- 중정 (jungjeong)unroofed walled area
Latin aula
- aulaunroofed walled area
Latvian sēta, pagalms
- sētaunroofed walled area
- pagalmsunroofed walled area
Lithuanian kiemas
- kiemasunroofed walled area
Māori tahua, marae
- tahuaunroofed walled area
- maraeunroofed walled area
Norman gårdsplass, borggård
- gårdsplassunroofed walled area
- borggårdunroofed walled area
Norwegian Bokmål gårdsplass
- gårdsplassunroofed walled area
Persian میانسرای
- میانسرای (miyānsarāy)unroofed walled area
Polish dziedziniec, podwórze
- dziedziniecunroofed walled area
- podwórzeunroofed walled area
- dwórunroofed walled area
Portuguese pátio
- pátiounroofed walled area
Punjabi ਅੰਗਣ
- ਅੰਗਣ (aṅgaṇ)unroofed walled area
Romanian curte
- curteunroofed walled area
Russian двор, вну́тренний двор
- двор (dvor)unroofed walled area
- вну́тренний двор (vnútrennij dvor)unroofed walled area
- подво́рье (podvórʹje)unroofed walled area
Slovak nádvorie, dvor
- nádvorieunroofed walled area
- dvorunroofed walled area
Spanish patio
- patiounroofed walled area
Swedish gårdsplan, innergård
- gårdsplanunroofed walled area
- innergårdunroofed walled area
- borggårdunroofed walled area
Thai ลาน
- ลาน (laan)unroofed walled area
Turkish avlu, hayat
- avluunroofed walled area
- hayatunroofed walled area
Ukrainian двір, подві́р'я
- двір (dvir)unroofed walled area
- подві́р'я (podvírʺja)unroofed walled area
Urdu آن٘گَن, صَحْن
- آن٘گَن (āṅgan)unroofed walled area
- صَحْن (sahn)unroofed walled area
Vietnamese sân
- sânunroofed walled area
Welsh cwrt
- cwrtunroofed walled area
Yiddish הויף
- הויף (hoyf)unroofed walled area
Cite this entry
APA
courtyard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courtyard
MLA
“courtyard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courtyard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “courtyard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courtyard.
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