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garnir

garnir

French

Verb

garnir

  1. to furnish (a building, a room)
  2. (military, dated) to arm
  3. to decorate, to pretty, to garnish

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Related terms


Icelandic

Noun

garnir

  1. indefinite nominative plural of görn
  2. indefinite accusative plural of görn

Middle French

Verb

garnir

  1. to equip; to furnish with
  2. to decorate
    • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      Guy de Trimouille fist tres richemment garnir la nef ou son corps devoit passer
      Guy de Trimouille richly decorated the boat where his body should lay

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *warnjan, from *warnōn.

Verb

garnir

  1. to protect
  2. (by extension) to arm (provide with arms)
  3. (by extension) to armor
  4. (by extension) to clothe

Derived terms

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