regarnir

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ garnir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ɡaʁ.niʁ/
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Verb

regarnir

  1. to refurnish (a building, a room)
  2. to redecorate
  3. to rearm
    • 2015 September 24, “« Nous avons perdu tout espoir » : les quatre raisons de exode des réfugiés syriens”, in Le Monde:
      Pour certains jeunes, en âge de servir dans armée, émigrer est aussi la meilleure façon échapper aux patrouilles de police qui font la chasse aux réfractaires : une grande campagne de conscription a été lancée fin 2014, dans le but de regarnir les rangs de armée, saignée par les pertes et les désertions.
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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-.

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