English Explanatory Dictionary

furnish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Material used to create an engineered product.
verb
  1. To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
  2. To supply or give (something).
  3. To supply (somebody) with something.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɝnɪʃ/ /ˈfɜːnɪʃ/ en-us-furnish.ogg

Word forms

furnish furnishes furnishing furnished

Etymology

From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), Old High German fruma (“utility, gain”), Old English fremu (“profit, advantage”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at frame, frim.

Related words

furniture

Derived words

disfurnish furnishable furnish and supply furnisher furnishment furnish out new-furnish overfurnish refurnish underfurnish unfurnish
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