kirkyard C2 Topic:General Vocabulary US /ˈkɪɹkjaɹd/ UK /ˈkəːkjɑːd/ See IPA manual Freq #366541 Meanings 1 noun A churchyard, especially one in Scotland. They walked through the kirkyard after Sunday service. Etymology From kirk + yard. Cognate with Danish kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård. Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # kirkyard **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɪɹkjaɹd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkəːkjɑːd/ **Frequency rank:** 366541 ## Meanings 1. A churchyard, especially one in Scotland. ## Examples - They walked through the kirkyard after Sunday service. ## Etymology From kirk + yard. Cognate with Danish kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown