refurbish

English

Etymology

1605, from re- +‎ furbish, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English furbishen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French furbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *furbjan (“to clean, polish”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *furbijaną (“to clean”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *prep- (“to appear”). Cognate with Old High German furben (“to clean, cleanse, purge, sweep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈfɝbɪʃ/
• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

1. (transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.

Translations

rebuild or replenish

• Arabic: جَدَّدَ (jaddada), صقل
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 翻新 (zh) (fānxīn), 刷新 (zh) (shuāxīn)

• Dutch: opkalefateren (nl), renoveren (nl), opknappen (nl)
• Finnish: kunnostaa (fi), remontoida (fi)
• French: renouveler (fr), restaurer (fr)
• German: wiederaufarbeiten, restaurieren (de), generalüberholen (de), wieder instand setzen, alle Mangel beseitigen, wieder in einen gebrauchsfähigen Zustand versetzen
• Greek: ανακαινίζω (el) (anakainízo)
• Hebrew: חִדֵּשׁ (he)
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• Hungarian: felújít (hu)
• Italian: rinnovare (it), ammodernare (it)
• Japanese: 改装する (ja) (かいそうする, kaisō suru)
• Latin: interpolō
• Norwegian: pusse (no) opp (no)
• Polish: odświeżać, odnawiać (pl)
• Portuguese: restaurar (pt)
• Russian: восстана́вливать (ru) (vosstanávlivatʹ), обновля́ть (ru) (obnovljátʹ)
• Slovene: obnoviti
• Spanish: restaurar (es)

Anagrams

• brush fire, brush-fire, brushfire, furbisher