paddock
English
/ˈpædək/
noun
Definitions
- A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.
- (Australia) A field of grassland of any size, especially for keeping sheep or cattle.
- An area where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
- Land, fenced or otherwise delimited, which is most often part of a sheep or cattle property.
- (motor racing) An area at circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
- (field sports) The playing field.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English parrok inherited from Old English pearroc (enclosure) inherited from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (fence, enclosure, enclosed land, fencing).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*parrukaz
Gloss
fence, enclosure, enclosed land, fencing
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
垣, 柵
Emoji
🤺
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aeropark English
- agropark English
- airpark English
- antipark English
- aquapark English
- ballpark English
- biopark English
- cyberpark English
- dispark English
- empark English
- geopark English
- impark English
- micropark English
- midpark English
- minipark English
- nonpark English
- overpark English
- paddockful English
- park English
- park-goer English
- parkability English
- parkable English
- parker English
- parkette English
- parkgoer English
- parkie English
- parking English
- parkish English
- parkkeeper English
- parkland English
- parkleaves English
- parkless English
- parklet English
- parklike English
- parkly English
- parkomania English
- parkside English
- parkward English
- parkwards English
- parkway English
- parkwide English
- parrock English
- playpark English
- repark English
- riverpark English
- skatepark English
- tank park English
- technopark English
- unpark English
- zoopark English
- Park German
- Pferch German
- parkieren German
- pferchen German
- bloemperk Dutch, Flemish
- dierenperk Dutch, Flemish
- dierperk Dutch, Flemish
- perk Dutch, Flemish
- perken Dutch, Flemish
- perkenwet Dutch, Flemish
- strijdperk Dutch, Flemish
- tijdperk Dutch, Flemish
- paddock French
- parc French
- parker French
- паддок Russian
- paddock Spanish, Castilian
- parquear Spanish, Castilian
- *parrukaz Proto-Germanic
- パーク Japanese
- pearroc Old English
- pearruc Old English
- park Middle English
- parrok Middle English
- páirceáil Irish
- parrak Old Norse
- park Danish
- parksex Danish
- parko Esperanto
- पार्क Hindi
- aparcar Galician
- parcio Welsh
- perc Middle Dutch
- pferrih Old High German
- pàirc Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- partchi Norman
- pferrich Middle High German
- *parruk Old Dutch
- 拋車 Chinese
- 泊車 Chinese
- Färrich Alemannic German
- paka Zulu
- *parric Frankish
- *parrik Frankish
- *parrik, *parruk Frankish
- ipaki Xhosa
- park
- parkly
- unpark
- repark
- parker
- impark
- empark
- parkie
- parking
- zoopark
- geopark
- parrock
- nonpark
- biopark
- parklet
- parkway
- airpark
- midpark
- dispark
- parkish
- parkless
- ballpark
- playpark
- parkside
- antipark
- minipark
- parkward
- parkwide
- agropark
- parkgoer
- aeropark
- aquapark
- overpark
- parkable
- parkette
- parklike
- parkland
- cyberpark
- micropark
- park-goer
- skatepark
- tank park
- riverpark
- parkwards
- technopark
- parkomania
- parkleaves
- paddockful
- parkkeeper
- parkability