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語源

From Middle English churchyard, chirch-ȝerd, chircheȝerd (also kirk-ȝerd, kirkeyard > English kirkyard), equivalent to church +‎ yard. Compare also Middle English kurk-garth, kyrkgarth, kirrkegærd, from Old Norse kirkjugarðr (“churchyard; graveyard”). Replaced Middle English chirchetoun from 古期英語 ċirictūn (churchtown).

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ.jɑɹd/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ.jɑːd/
• ハイフネーション: church‧yard

名詞

churchyard (複数形 churchyards)

1. A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     They said nothing further, but tramped on in the growing darkness, past farm steadings, into the little village, through the silent churchyard where generations of the Pallisers lay, and up the beech avenue that led to Northrop Hall.

同意語

• (graveyard): see also Thesaurus:cemetery.
• kirkyard (Scotland)

派生語

• churchyard cough