unfurnished

English

Alternative forms

• unfurnisht (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈfɜːnɪʃt/

Etymology 1

Existing in the original sense of “unequipped, unprepared” since 1541, with the later sense of “lacking furniture” attested since 1581: from un- (“not”) +‎ furnished, past participle of furnish (“supply, equip (especially with furniture)”).

Adjective

unfurnished (not comparable)

1. Not furnished; having no furnishings.

Translations

without furniture and furnishings

• Bulgarian: немебелиран (bg) (nemebeliran)
• Catalan: desmoblat (ca)
• Danish: umøbleret
• Hungarian: bútorozatlan (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: umøblert

  Nynorsk: umøblert

• Portuguese: desmobiliado
• Swedish: omöblerad (sv), oinredd

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English unfurnish

Middle English -ed

English -ed

English unfurnished

From unfurnish + -ed.

Verb

unfurnished

1. simple past and past participle of unfurnish

References

• "unfurnished" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• Oxford Online [1]