fornir

• furnir (Western Asturias)
• fornecer (archaic)

From Old French fornir, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”)

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈniɾ/ [foɾˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: for‧nir

fornir (first-person singular indicative present forno, past participle forníu)

1. to supply, provide
2. to feed excessively

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “fornir”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “fornir”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

From older formir < fromir, of Germanic origin; from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Compare French fournir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [furˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈniɾ]

fornir (first-person singular present forneixo, first-person singular preterite forní, past participle fornit)

1. (transitive) to supply, provide, furnish with

• forniment

• “fornir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fornir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “fornir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fornir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Attested since circa 1300. From Old French fornir, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”)

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈniɾ/

fornir

1. (archaic) to furnish

   Synonym: fornecer

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• fornecer
• fornición
• fornido

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fornir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fornir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fornir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

fornir

1. to furnish

• furnir

Of Germanic origin, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Compare Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), from fruma (“utility, gain”).

fornir

1. (transitive) to provide (for/with), to supply
   • c. 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette:

     Li quens Bougars de Valence, qui avoit sa guerre a furnir […]

     The count Bougars of Valence, who had to provide for his war […]

2. (transitive) to endow, provide
3. (transitive) to furnish, deliver
4. (transitive) to perform, execute
5. (transitive) to complete, finish, fulfill
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     au roi sa cope, et son messaige
     fornira il a loi de saige.

     To the king, his cope, and his message
     He will fulfill with the law of wisdom.

6. (transitive) to fight, execute
7. (transitive) to grant, accede to
8. (transitive) to give, render
9. (transitive) to utter
10. (reflexive) to be executed
11. (reflexive) to be fulfilled
12. (reflexive) to be punished

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• → English: furnish
• French: fournir
  • → German: furnieren
• → Asturian: fornir
• → Catalan: fornir
• → Galician: fornir
• →⇒ Portuguese: fornecer

fornir

1. strong masculine nominative plural of forn

Borrowed from German Furnier.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.ɲir/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrɲir
• Syllabification: for‧nir

fornir m inan (related adjective fornirowy)

1. (woodworking) veneer (thin covering of fine wood)
2. (woodworking) burl, scaleboard (thin veneer or leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture etc.)

   Synonym: okleina

• fornir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fornir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

fornir (first-person singular present forno, first-person singular preterite forní, past participle fornido)

1. (archaic) to furnish

   Synonym: (archaic) fornecer

• “fornir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025