giardino
garden
noun jahr-DEE-noh Less Common
Origin: from Germanic 'gard', enclosure
Usage Note
Giardino is an ornamental or domestic garden, plural giardini; a vegetable plot is instead an orto. A giardino d'infanzia is a kindergarten, and a zoo is a giardino zoologico. The g before i is soft, like English 'j'.
Examples
"I bambini giocano in giardino."
Natural Translation
The children are playing in the garden.
Literal Translation
The children play in garden.

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