fornir

Catalan

Etymology

From older formir < fromir, of Germanic origin; from Frankish *frumjan (to complete, execute), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (to further, promote), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (front, forward). Compare French fournir.

Pronunciation

Verb

fornir (first-person singular present forneixo, past participle fornit)

  1. (transitive) to supply, provide, furnish with

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • forniment

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Old French fornir, from Frankish *frumjan (to complete, execute), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (to further, promote)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foɾˈniɾ/

Verb

fornir (first-person singular present forno, first-person singular preterite fornín, past participle fornido)

  1. (archaic) to furnish
    Synonym: fornecer

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • fornir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • fornir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • fornir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Interlingua

Verb

fornir

  1. to furnish

Conjugation


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Frankish *frumjan (to complete, execute), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (to further, promote), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (front, forward). Compare Old High German frumjan (to perform, provide), from fruma (utility, gain).

Verb

fornir

  1. to provide (for)
    • circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
      au roi sa cope, et son messaige
      fornira il a loi de saige.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • circa 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette
      Li quens Bougars de Valence, qui avoit sa guerre a furnir []
      The count Bougars of Valence, who had to provide for his war []

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.

Descendants

  • English: furnish
  • French: fournir

Old Norse

Adjective

fornir

  1. strong masculine nominative plural of forn

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Furnier, from French fournir, from Middle French fornir, from Old French furnir, fornir, from Frankish *frumjan, from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *promo-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.ɲir/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɲir
  • Syllabification: for‧nir

Noun

fornir m inan

  1. (woodworking) veneer (thin covering of fine wood)
  2. (woodworking) burl, scaleboard (thin veneer or leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture etc.)
    Synonym: okleina

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • fornirowy
  • fornirski
verb
  • fornirować impf

Further reading

  • fornir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fornir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.