garnir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French garnir, from Old French guarnir (“to protect (oneself), armour up”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward, take care of something”), from Proto-Germanic *warnijaną (“to worry, be careful, take heed, refuse, withhold”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Compare Italian guarnire and Portuguese guarnir. Cognate with Middle Dutch waernen (“to provide, equip”), Middle Low German warnen, wernen (“to secure, arm”), Old English wiernan (“to withhold, be sparing of, deny, refuse, reject, decline, forbid, prevent”), Old Norse varna (“to prevent, refuse, protect”). Related to English warn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.niʁ/ === Verb === garnir to furnish (a building, a room) (military, dated) to arm 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-. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== garnison ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: гарни́р m (garnír) === Further reading === “garnir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Icelandic == === Noun === garnir indefinite nominative plural of görn indefinite accusative plural of görn == Middle French == === Alternative forms === guarnir === Etymology === From Old French garnir. === Verb === garnir to equip; to furnish with to decorate ==== Descendants ==== French: garnir (see there for further descendants) == Old French == === Etymology === From Frankish *warnjan. === Verb === garnir alternative form of guarnir ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Derived terms ==== garnement