Yard

== English == === Proper noun === the Yard Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard (figurative, metonymic) The Metropolitan Police Service (Jamaica) Jamaica ==== Derived terms ==== (Jamaica) Yardie ==== Translations ==== === 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) (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 ==== == Jamaican Creole == === Alternative forms === Yaad, Yawd === Etymology === From English yard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɑːd/, /jɔːd/ Hyphenation: Yard === Proper noun === Yard Jamaica ==== Synonyms ==== Jamaica, Jamdown, Jamrock, Jumieka ==== See also ==== yard yardie