front yard

English

Noun

front yard (plural front yards)

1. (US) A yard to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a lawn and often trees, shrubs, and/or flowers.
2. (UK) A enclosed and often primarily utilitarian area to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a hard surface or paving.

Usage notes

Note that front yard is always written as two words, while backyard is usually written as a single word.

Synonyms

• (space with greenery): front garden (UK)

Related terms

• backyard

Translations

area with greenery to the front of the house

• Bikol Central: natad
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前院 (qiányuàn)

• Dutch: voortuin (nl) m
• Finnish: etupiha (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Vorgarten (de) m
• Irish: garraí tosaigh m
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• Plautdietsch: Väahoff m
• Polish: ogród z przodu domu m
• Portuguese: quintal da frente m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
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• Swedish: framsida (sv) c
• Vietnamese: sân trước

enclosed hard-surfaced area to the front of the house

• German: Vorhof (de) m, Stellplatz m, Vorgarten (de) m

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Translations to be checked

• French: jardin (fr) m, cour (fr) f, pelouse (fr) f