garenne

French

Etymology

From Middle French garenne, garanne, from Old French garenne, garanne, guarenne, from Medieval Latin warenna, itself of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin; from or related to Old High German warōn (“to be wary”) and werren (“to forbid”), through Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to heed, be careful”) and Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to become aware; take heed”).

Unclear if has relationship to Gaulish varenna (“enclosed area”); if any it is likely not a direct one. Also compare English warren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁɛn/

Noun

garenne f (plural garennes)

1. (obsolete) game-park
2. rabbit warren

Noun

garenne m (plural garennes)

1. wild rabbit

Further reading

• “garenne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Brachet, A. (1873) “garenne”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.
• “garenne”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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Italian

Noun

garenne f

1. plural of garenna

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Old French

Alternative forms

• warenne

Noun

garenne oblique singular, f (oblique plural garennes, nominative singular garenne, nominative plural garennes)

1. warren (enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits)

References

• garenne on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub