Courtyard

Definition: Courtyard

Courtyard

Noun

1. A yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "courtyard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Synonym: Courtyard

Place

Noun: place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook; (corner); hole; pigeonhole; (receptacle); compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode; locality; (situation).

Receptacle

Portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck; lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway; ante room, ante chamber; lounge; piazza.

Crosswords: Courtyard

It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses around our old courtyard. I walked the streets, savoring that long lost perfume (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

If that damn dog craps in the courtyard one more time, I'm just gonna bake his little butt for breakfast (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

Well, you just wouldn't believe what that kangaroo did to this courtyard! (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat (Hotel California; performing artist: EAGLES)

In a courtyard birds were singing your praise (As I Lay Me Down; performing artist: Sophie B. Hawkins)

In Our Courtyard (1961)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Courtyard and Patio Plants (reference)

• Courtyard and Terrace Gardens: Inspirational Designs for Outdoor Living (reference)

• Courtyard Housing in Los Angeles: A Typological Analysis (reference)

• Hundred Camels in the Courtyard (reference)

• Japanese Courtyard Gardens: Photographs (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Courtyard (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Courtyard of Apsaras (reference)

• The Dragon's Courtyard [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is the southwest side of the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center. Photo was taken from the southwest, in the courtyard between Buildings 35, 36 and 37. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Caption: Charles Lindbergh Addressing the Scholarship Contestants in the Laboratory Courtyard, Edison and the Other Judges Seated Behind Him; West Orange, NJ; July 31, 1929; {14.225/374} (jpg).

Caption: M.R. Hutchison, Seated at Table in Courtyard, Writing Instructions for Packing and Unpacking Phonographs, as the Process Is Performed and Filmed by Workers Before Him; West Orange, NJ; Fall, 1912; {29.410/133} (jpg).

U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 4, Langres, France. : Afternoon concert in the courtyard at the hospital. / [From drawing by Peixetto]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. American National Red Cross Hospital No.3, Paris, France. : Courtyard view showing wounded officers attended by nurses. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

View into the courtyard of Cecilienhof Palace, where the Potsdam "Big Three" meetings were held. Photographed during the conference from inside the palace entranceway. The large red floral star in the courtyard had been planted by the Soviets. Credit: NAVY.

Courtyard of Cecilienhof Palace, where the Potsdam meetings were held. The large red floral star had been planted by the Soviets. Photographed during the conference. Credit: NAVY.

Waterfront estate with courtyard, tennis courts, formal garden, kitchen garden, and orchard. Credit: Library of Congress.

University of Texas (?), Austin, Tex. Courtyard, arcaded structure (two stories). Credit: Library of Congress.

Wooden house, Griaznov Street #40 (late 19th century), courtyard gate, Irkutsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Lebanon

In September 1999, OPIC signed an eight million loan agreement for the construction of the Galaxy-Marriott Courtyard Project. (references)

Lebanon

These include the 300-room Four Seasons hotel, the rebuilding of the old Holiday Inn, the 500-room Hilton Hotel, the 284-room Movenpick Hotel, the 210-room Crowne Plaza, the Mouawad Village in Brummana, the 162-room Courtyard by Marriott and the 180-room Metropolitan Hotel. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

Well-publicized photos showed CIMO agents standing next to rows of naked prisoners lying face down in the main courtyard. (references)

Trade

Lebanon

To date, OPIC provided coverage to Citibank and Beirut Marriott Hotel, and signed an $8 million loan agreement for a planned Courtyard Marriott Hotel. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "courtyard": castle courtyard ♦ inner courtyard. Additional references.

Albanian

oborr brenda një godine. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فناء (cessation of being, court, dissolution, dooryard, dying, patio, precinct, yard), ‏ساحة الدار. (various references)

Bulgarian 

двор (court, yard). (various references)

Catalan

pati (court, yard). (various references)

Chinese 

庭院 . (various references)

Czech

nádvoří (at the close of the day, patio, quadrangle, yard), dvùr (court, farmyard, yard). (various references)

Danish

gårdsplads (court, yard), gård (court, estate, farm, property, ranch, yard). (various references)

Dutch

plaats (city, court, function, job, location, office, place, place to sit, post, seat, spot, town, village, yard), hof (court, garden, yard), erf (court, yard), binnenplaats (court, yard). (various references)

Esperanto

korto (court, yard). (various references)

Faeroese

tún (court, yard), garður (court, rampart, yard). (various references)

Farsi 

حیاط(محوطه محصور). (various references)

Finnish

piha (court, yard). (various references)

French

cour (court, courtship). (various references)

Frisian

erf (court, stichwort, yard). (various references)

German

Hof (barn, corona, court, farm, farmyard, halo, playground, quad, quadrangle, schoolyard, Square, yard). (various references)

Greek 

αυλή (court, yard). (various references)

Hebrew 

חצרנות (courtiership, janitoring, supervision), חצר (enclosure, yard). (various references)

Hungarian

udvar (backyard, court, run, to court, yard). (various references)

Italian

cortile (backyard, court, quad, quadrangle, yard). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

中庭 (middle court, quadrangle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なかにわ (middle court, quadrangle). (various references)

Korean 

안마당. (various references)

Manx

close (close, compound, coop, court, farmyard, precinct, yard). (various references)

Maori

marae. (various references)

Papiamen

curá (court, yard). (various references)

Pig Latin

ourtyardcay.(various references)

Portuguese

pátio (concourse, court, garth, out-of-door, quadrangle, terrace, yard). (various references)

Romanian

curte (address, addresses, attention, attentions, bar, close, court, courtship, enclosure, forecourt, love making, sport, stack yard, suit, yard). (various references)

Russian 

внутренний двор (peristyle), двор (court, yard). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

dvorište (court, yard). (various references)

Spanish

patio (area, areaway, Causey, court, farmyard, forecourt, Grove, patio, playground, quad, quadrangle, schoolyard, stalls, yard), grave (acute, alarming, bad, court, deep, demure, desperate, difficult, dignified, grave, grievous, grim, gross, heavy, important, low, lower, nasty, serious, severe, weighty, yard). (various references)

Sranan

prasi (court, yard). (various references)

Swahili

ua (bloom, court, flower, yard). (various references)

Swedish

gård (areaway, court, dooryard, enclosure, estate, farm, farmyard, homestead, inclosure, property, ranch, yard), gårdsplan (court, Dooryard, farmyard, forecourt, ground). (various references)

Turkish

avlu (atrium, close, court, Dooryard, forecourt, Garth, quad, quadrangle, yard). (various references)

Ukrainian

внутрішній двір. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sân trong, sân nhỏ. (various references)

kisal. (various references)

kisallu. (various references)

platea. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "courtyard": courtyards. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Courtyard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Coultard, countyard, Couratari, Courtald, courtyarded. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: carryout.

-2 letters: carroty, curator.

-3 letters: ardour, carrot, outcry, rotary, trocar, turaco.

-4 letters: actor, ardor, carry, court, cruor, crura, curdy, curry, dorty, doura, ducat, duroc, durra, octad, tardo, tardy, taroc, tarry, toady, today, yurta.

-5 letters: arco, arty, auto, card, carr, cart, coat, coda, cord, cory, crud, curd, curr, curt, dart, dato, daut, doat, dorr, dory, doty.

+1 letter: courtyards.