Tuileries Gardens
- proper noun
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Jardines de Tuileries
- The last thing they did that afternoon as the sun was sinking was to walk in the Tuileries Gardens, where the children still played in brightly colored warm clothes under the chestnut trees, and gossiping nannies wrapped in cloaks were starting to wheel home the prams.
Examples
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Strolling through the Tuileries Gardens, tourists admire the sculptures and manicured lawns.
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The Tuileries Gardens provide a beautiful backdrop for visitors taking photos near the Louvre.
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Families often enjoy picnics in the Tuileries Gardens during sunny afternoons in Paris.
Synonyms
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A garden with regular shapes, straight paths and neatly trimmed plants
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A large formal garden in Paris between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward place-name formed from the proper noun 'Tuileries' plus the common noun 'Gardens', so its meaning as the formal public gardens associated with the Tuileries is directly derivable from the constituents and not idiomatic. Cross-linguistically, proper-noun + location noun constructions are common, so a B1 learner who knows both parts would understand it.
Etymology
The name Tuileries Gardens comes from the old Tuileries Palace, which stood on land where people once made roof tiles. Those palace grounds were later turned into a planned 'public' park next to the Louvre, so today Tuileries Gardens means the elegant public gardens beside the museum.