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) [furˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈniɾ]

Verb

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

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

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.

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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

1. (archaic) to furnish

   Synonym: fornecer

Derived terms

• fornecer
• fornición
• fornido

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “fornir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Template:R:DDLG

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Interlingua

Verb

fornir

1. to furnish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fornir

infinitive		fornir
participle		present	perfect
		forniente	fornite
active		simple	perfect
	present	forni	ha fornite
	past	forniva	habeva fornite
	future	fornira	habera fornite
	conditional	fornirea	haberea fornite
	imperative	forni
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es fornite	ha essite fornite
	past	esseva fornite	habeva essite fornite
	future	essera fornite	habera essite fornite
	conditional	esserea fornite	haberea essite fornite
	imperative	sia fornite

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Old French

Alternative forms

• furnir

Etymology

Of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 quotation)

   • 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.

    Conjugation of fornir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fornir			avoir forni
gerund		en fornissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		fornissant
past participle		forni
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fornis	fornis	fornist	fornissons	fornissez	fornissent
	imperfect	fornissoie, fornisseie	fornissoies, fornisseies	fornissoit, fornisseit	fornissiiens, fornissiens	fornissiiez, fornissiez	fornissoient, fornisseient
	preterite	forni	fornis	forni	fornimes	fornistes	fornirent
	future	fornirai	forniras	fornira	fornirons	forniroiz, fornireiz, fornirez	forniront
	conditional	forniroie, fornireie	forniroies, fornireies	forniroit, fornireit	forniriiens, forniriens	forniriiez, forniriez	forniroient, fornireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	fornisse	fornisses	fornisse	fornissons	fornissez	fornissent
	imperfect	fornisse	fornisses	fornist	fornissons, fornissiens	fornissoiz, fornissez, fornissiez	fornissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fornis	—	fornissons	fornissez	—

Descendants

• English: furnish
• French: fournir