front yard

Noun

front yard (plural front yards)

(US, Canada) A yard to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a lawn and often trees, shrubs, and/or flowers.
(UK) An enclosed and often primarily utilitarian area to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a hard surface or paving.

Usage notes

Note that front yard is nearly always written as two words, while backyard is usually written as a single word.

Synonyms

(space with greenery): front garden (UK)

Related terms

backyard

Translations

area with greenery to the front of the house

Bikol Central: natad (bcl)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 前院 (qiányuàn), 前庭 (zh) (qiántíng)
Danish: forhave c
Dutch: voortuin (nl) m
Finnish: etupiha (fi)
French: cour de devant f
German: Vorgarten (de) m
Hindi: बगिया (hi) f (bagiyā)
Irish: clós tosaigh m
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 前庭 (ja) (ぜんてい, zentei), 前庭 (ja) (まえにわ, maeniwa)
Korean: 앞마당 (ko) (ammadang), 전정(前庭) (ko) (jeonjeong)
Plautdietsch: Väahoff m
Polish: ogród z przodu domu m
Portuguese: quintal da frente m
Russian: пере́дний двор m (perédnij dvor)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: framsida (sv) c
Vietnamese: sân trước

enclosed hard-surfaced area to the front of the house

Danish: forgård c
German: Vorhof (de) m, Stellplatz m, Vorgarten (de) m

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Translations to be checked

French: jardin (fr) m, cour (fr) f, pelouse (fr) f