gréement
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, derivative of greer, agreer (“to rig, equip”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman agreier (“to equip, equip a ship with tackle”), from a- + *greier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse greida (“to put in order, prepare, arrange”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to prepare, put in order”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to put in order, make comfortable”). Cognate with Old English ġerǣdan (“to arrange, assist”), Middle High German gereiten (“to arrange, prepare”), Middle Dutch gereide (“equipment, harness”). More at ready.
Pronunciation
Noun
gréement m (plural gréements)
Further reading
- “gréement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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