garnison

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French

Etymology

From Old French, from garnir (to protect) + -ison.

Pronunciation

Noun

garnison f (plural garnisons)

  1. garrison (fortified town or city)
  2. garrison (body of troops)

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Middle French

Noun

garnison f (plural garnisons)

  1. garrison (fortified town or city)
  2. garrison (body of troops)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From French garnison

Noun

garnison m (definite singular garnisonen, indefinite plural garnisoner, definite plural garnisonene)

  1. (military) a garrison
    • 2012, "Ørnens erobring" by Simon Scarrow, Front Forlag →ISBN. [1]
      Han hadde ikke gitt noen advarsel om at han kom på inspeksjon, men ville se hver av garnisonene slik den vanligvis fungerte uten at de hadde gjort noen spesielle forberedelser fordi en høyere offiser skulle komme.
      He had not given any warning that he was coming on inspection, but wanted to see each of the garrisons as they usually functioned, without them having made any special preparations because a higher officer was coming.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From French garnison

Noun

garnison m (definite singular garnisonen, indefinite plural garnisonar, definite plural garnisonane)

  1. (military) a garrison

Derived terms

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