nantir

== French == === Etymology === From Middle French, from Old French nantir (“to seize (the guarantors)”), from nant (“pledge, security”), probably from Old Norse nám (“taking, seizure”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmą (“taking”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with Old High German nām (“robbery”), Old English niman (“to take, seize”). More at nim. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɑ̃.tiʁ/ === Verb === nantir (transitive) to provide [with direct object ‘someone’ and de ‘with something’] (reflexive) to obtain, to get [with de ‘something’] Synonym: munir ==== 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 ==== nantissement === Further reading === “nantir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012