English

Proper noun

Garda

1. The Garda(í), the Irish police.
2. The title of an officer of the Gardaí (Irish police force).

   Garda Michael Egan

Usage notes

• When used as a reference to more than one police officer, the plural is Gardaí or optional Anglicized Guards.

See also

• Gardaí

Italian

Proper noun

Garda f

1. A small town, on the shore of Lake Garda, in the Verona province of veneto

Related terms

• gardesano

Anagrams

• draga

English

Noun

garda ‎(plural gardai)

1. (Ireland) A member of the Irish national police force, the Gardaí.
   • 2004, Ken Bruen, The Guards, ISBN 0312320272, page 38:

     A garda was ambling towards us.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.da/

Verb

garda

1. third-person singular past historic of garder

Galician

Verb

garda

1. third-person singular present indicative of gardar
2. second-person singular imperative of gardar

Gothic

Romanization

garda

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰

Irish

Alternative forms

• gárda (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French guarde.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɑːɾˠd̪ˠə]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈɡæːɾˠd̪ˠə]

Noun

garda m ‎(genitive singular garda, nominative plural gardaí)

1. police officer, patrolman
2. escort
3. guard
4. (capitalized) A member of the Garda Síochána (the Irish police force)

Declension

Synonyms

• constábla
• garda síochána
• péas
• póilín

Related terms

• gardáil

Derived terms

• bangharda ‎(“policewoman”)
• Garda

Mutation

Latvian

Adjective

garda

1. genitive singular masculine form of gards
2. nominative singular feminine form of gards

Novial

Verb

garda ‎(past gardad, active participle gardant, passive participle gardat)

1. to guard

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡâːrda/
• Hyphenation: gar‧da

Noun

gȃrda f ‎(Cyrillic spelling га̑рда)

1. guard (of a sovereign or an army commander)

Declension