Signification (Anglais)
- (uncountable, usually) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
- (uncountable, usually) The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.
- (uncountable, usually) Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.
- (obsolete, uncountable, usually) An accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming.
- (uncountable, usually) The stock and forearm of a weapon.
- (historical, uncountable, usually) The pieces of wood or metal put around pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.
- (slang, uncountable, usually) The stumps.
- (uncountable, usually) Any material on the page other than the body text and pictures of articles; for example, headlines, datelines and dinkuses, lines and symbols (though in earlier use, only non-text elements of page design, such as lines and symbols).
- (uncountable, usually) A type of mixture organ stop.
- (archaic, uncountable, usually) Draped coverings and hangings; bedsheets, tablecloths, tapestries, etc.
- (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Clothing with which a person is furnished; apparel, outfit.
- (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Arms and armor, equipment of war.
- (archaic, uncountable, usually) Equipment for work, apparatus, tools, instruments.
- (in-plural, obsolete, uncountable, usually) Condiments of a salad.
- (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Stock, supply, stores, provisions.
- (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Contents; that with which something is filled or stocked.
- (uncountable, usually) Impressive-looking books used for filling out the collection of a private library.
- (obsolete, uncountable, usually) The action of furnishing or supplying.
- (obsolete, uncountable, usually) The condition of being equipped, prepared, or mentally cultivated.
Concepts
Synonymes
article of furniture
household furnishings
personal appearance
household furnishing
movable goods
Traductions
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈfɜːnɪtʃə/
Étymologie (Anglais)
From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).
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