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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• forniment

Further reading

• “fornir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fornir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fornir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fornir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

1. (archaic) to furnish

   Synonym: fornecer

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• fornecer
• fornición
• fornido

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

• furnir

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. (transitive) to provide (for/with), to supply
   • c. 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

2. (transitive) to endow, provide
3. (transitive) to furnish, deliver
4. (transitive) to perform, execute
5. (transitive) to complete, finish, fulfill
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     au roi sa cope, et son messaige
     fornira il a loi de saige.

     To the king, his cope, and his message
     He will fulfill with the law of wisdom.

6. (transitive) to fight, execute
7. (transitive) to grant, accede to
8. (transitive) to give, render
9. (transitive) to utter
10. (reflexive) to be executed
11. (reflexive) to be fulfilled
12. (reflexive) to be punished

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
  • → German: furnieren

Old Norse

Adjective

fornir

1. strong masculine nominative plural of forn

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

fornir

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Furnier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.ɲir/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔrɲir
• Syllabification: for‧nir

Noun

fornir m inan (related adjective fornirowy)

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

Further reading

• fornir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fornir in Polish dictionaries at PWN