courtyard
UK/ˈkɔːt.jɑːd//ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/
courtyard noun: an area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
Noun
courtyard (plural courtyards)
- An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
- She sat in the courtyard, enjoying the garden.
- There comes a fairy in the courtyard, bearing a handful of gifts.
courtyard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
courtyard in Hindi
- unroofed walled area
- आँगन āṅgan, प्रांगण prāṅgaṇ
courtyard in Tamil
- முற்றம், வீட்டோடு சேர்ந்த முற்றம், சுற்றுக்கட்டு வெளியிடம்
courtyard in Urdu
- unroofed walled area
- آن٘گَن āṅgan, صَحْن sahn
courtyard in Bengali
- unroofed walled area
- অঙ্গন oṅgon, উঠোন uṭhōn
More languagesFewer languages
- courtyard in Telugu
- ఎకరా ekarā
- courtyard in Malayalam
- അങ്കണം aṅkaṇaṁ
- courtyard in Kannada
- ಅಂಗಣ aṅgaṇa
- courtyard in Punjabi
- ਅੰਗਣ aṅgaṇ
- courtyard in Gujarati
- આંગણ ā̃gaṇ, આંગણું ā̃gaṇũ, ચાચર cācar
- courtyard in Odia
- ଅଗଣା agaṇā
- courtyard in Sanskrit
- उत्थान utthā́na
- courtyard in Sinhala
- අඟුණුව aⁿguṇuwa
- courtyard in Assamese
- চোতাল sütal
- courtyard in Nepali
- चोक cok
- courtyard in Pashto
- انګړ angáṛ
- courtyard in Arabic
- فِنَاء fināʔ, حَوْش ḥawš, صَحْن ṣaḥn
- courtyard in Persian
- میانسرای miyānsarāy
- courtyard in Thai
- ลาน laan
- courtyard in Vietnamese
- sân
- courtyard in Myanmar
- အိမ်ဝင်း im-wang:, ဝင်း wang:
Examples of courtyard in a sentence
- The sound of a bong echoed across the courtyard, signaling the hour.
- The kids in the courtyard played with a rhythm stick so that they could learn rhythm.
- An opportunity for a blooding emerged when a hidden tunnel was discovered in a courtyard.
Forms of courtyard
| plural | courtyards |
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Origin of courtyard
From court + yard.
Words formed from courtyard
Questions about courtyard
- What does courtyard mean?
- Courtyard means an area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
- What is courtyard in Hindi?
- Courtyard in Hindi is आँगन (āṅgan), प्रांगण (prāṅgaṇ). See Courtyard meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is courtyard?
- Courtyard is a noun.
- How do you pronounce courtyard?
- Courtyard is pronounced /ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/ (US).
- What is the plural of courtyard?
- The plural of courtyard is courtyards.
Words near courtyard in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: courtyard (page history and authors); courtyard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఎకరా (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಅಂಗಣ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ଅଗଣା (Odia) (page history and authors); उत्थान (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); අඟුණුව (Sinhala) (page history and authors); चोक (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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