Meanings
orchard1
plural orchards
- 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,[…]
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLCSynonyms: grove, plantation, woodlet
- The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.
Orchard2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
More synonyms by meaning
noungarden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
orchard · noun
- Proto-Germanic*wurt-“wort (plant)”
- Proto-Germanic*urtiz
- Old Englishorċeard
- Middle Englishorchard
- Englishorchard
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.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Orchard · proper noun
Topographic surname for someone who lived by an orchard.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بُسْتَان, بَيَارَة
- بُسْتَان (bustān)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- بَيَارَة (bayāra)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Bulgarian ово́щна гради́на
- ово́щна гради́на (ovóštna gradína)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Catalan horta, arbre fruiter
- hortaland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- arbre fruiterthe trees in an orchard
Chinese Mandarin 果園 /果园, 果樹 /果树
- 果園 /果园 (guǒyuán)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- 果樹 /果树 (guǒshù)the trees in an orchard
Czech sad
- sadland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Danish frugthave, frugtplantage
- frugthaveland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- frugtplantageland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- frugttræthe trees in an orchard
Dutch boomgaard, bongerd
- boomgaardland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- bongerdland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Esperanto fruktarbejo, horto
- fruktarbejoland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- hortothe trees in an orchard
Finnish hedelmätarha, hedelmäpuutarha
- hedelmätarhaland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- hedelmäpuutarhaland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- hedelmäpuutthe trees in an orchard
French verger, arbre fruitier m arbres fruitiers
- vergerland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- arbre fruitier m arbres fruitiersthe trees in an orchard
German Obstgarten, Obstwiese
- Obstgartenland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- Obstwieseland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- Obstplantageland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- Obstbaumthe trees in an orchard
Greek οπωρώνας, περιβόλι
- οπωρώνας (oporónas)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- περιβόλι (perivóli)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Hebrew מַטָּע, בֻּסְתָּן
- מַטָּע (mattá)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- בֻּסְתָּן (bustán)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- פַּרְדֵּס (pardés)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Hindi फलौद्यान, बाड़ी
- फलौद्यान (phalaudyān)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- बाड़ी (bāṛī)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Hungarian gyümölcsös, gyümölcsöskert
- gyümölcsösland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- gyümölcsöskertland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- gyümölcsfathe trees in an orchard
Irish úllord
- úllordland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Italian frutteto, albero da frutto
- fruttetoland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- albero da fruttothe trees in an orchard
Japanese 果樹園, 果樹
- 果樹園 (kajuen)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- 果樹 (kaju)the trees in an orchard
Korean 과수원, 과수
- 과수원 (gwasuwon)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- 과수 (gwasu)the trees in an orchard
Latin pōmārium
- pōmāriumland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Latvian augļu dārzs, augļu dārzs
- augļu dārzsland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- augļu dārzsthe trees in an orchard
Malay dusun
- dusunland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Māori oro, oro rākau
- oroland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- oro rākauland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Norwegian Bokmål frukthage
- frukthageland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Polish sad, sad
- sadland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- sadthe trees in an orchard
Portuguese pomar, árvore frutífera
- pomarland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- árvore frutíferathe trees in an orchard
Romanian pomet, livadă
- pometland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- livadăland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Russian сад, фрукто́вый сад
- сад (sad)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- фрукто́вый сад (fruktóvyj sad)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- сад (sad)the trees in an orchard
- фрукто́вый сад (fruktóvyj sad)the trees in an orchard
- садо́вые дере́вья (sadóvyje derévʹja)the trees in an orchard
- фрукто́вые дере́вья (fruktóvyje derévʹja)the trees in an orchard
- плодо́вые дере́вья (plodóvyje derévʹja)the trees in an orchard
Scottish Gaelic ubhalghort
- ubhalghortland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Slovak sad
- sadland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Spanish huerta (de árboles frutales), vergel
- huerta (de árboles frutales)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- vergelland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- chácaraland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- árbol de huertathe trees in an orchard
- (árbol) frutalthe trees in an orchard
Swedish fruktträdgård, fruktträd
- fruktträdgårdland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- fruktträdthe trees in an orchard
Tagalog lagwerta
- lagwertaland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Turkish bostan, bağ
- bostanland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- bağland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Ukrainian фрукто́вий сад, сад
- фрукто́вий сад (fruktóvyj sad)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- сад (sad)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Urdu باغِیچَہ, باغ
- باغِیچَہ (bāġīca)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- باغ (bāġ)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- باڑی (bāṛī)land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Vietnamese vườn cây ăn trái, vườn cây ăn quả
- vườn cây ăn tráiland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
- vườn cây ăn quảland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
Welsh perllan
- perllanland for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
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Cite this entry
orchard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orchard
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