Yard

See also: yard

English

Proper noun

the Yard

1. Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
2. (figurative, metonymically) The Metropolitan Police Service
3. (Jamaica) Jamaica

Derived terms

• (Jamaica) Yardie

Translations

(New) Scotland Yard

• German: (der) Yard m

Jamaica — see Jamaica

Anagrams

• Rady, Dray, Dyar, R-Day, adry, dray

German

Etymology

18th century, borrowed from English yard. Doublet of Gerte (“riding crop, whip”). Masculine gender after Meter. Feminine gender after Elle (“ell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jart/, [jaʁt], [jaɐ̯t], [jaːt]

Noun

Yard n or m (strong, genitive Yard or Yards, plural Yard or Yards) or
Yard (archaic) f (genitive Yard, plural Yard or Yards)

1. (Anglophone contexts, also American football) yard (measure of length equal to ca. 91 cm)

Usage notes

• The plural mostly follows the general German rule for units of measure (except those in -e), namely that it is unchanged after numerals (100 Yard) and optionally unchanged otherwise (einige Yard/Yards). However, the English-type expression (100 Yards) is also found in this case.

Declension

Declension of Yard [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Yard	die	Yard, Yards
genitive	eines	des	Yard, Yards	der	Yard, Yards
dative	einem	dem	Yard	den	Yard, Yards
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Yard	die	Yard, Yards

Declension of Yard [feminine (archaic)]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Yard	die	Yard, Yards
genitive	einer	der	Yard	der	Yard, Yards
dative	einer	der	Yard	den	Yard, Yards
accusative	eine	die	Yard	die	Yard, Yards

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• Yaad, Yawd

Etymology

From English yard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑːd/, /jɔːd/
• Hyphenation: Yard

Proper noun

Yard

1. Jamaica

   No weh nuh better than Yard.

   No place else is better than Jamaica.

   • 1994, Victor Headley, Yush!, →ISBN, page 147:

     “Undeterred, D. repeated: "Consultant, dat is someone who advise people, help dem ina dem work, nuh true?" He didn't wait for confirmation." So really, is only 'bout we as Yard man yuh can advise dem." It was indisputable logic.” […]

     Undeterred, D. repeated: "Consultant, that's someone who who advises people, helps them with their work, isn't that so?" He didn't wait for confirmation." So really, the only thing you can advise them about is us -- people from Jamaica. It was indisputable logic. […]

Synonyms

• Jamaica, Jamdown, Jamrock, Jumieka

See also

• yard
• yardie