furnish
fur·nish/ˈfɝnɪʃ/noun, verb
furnish is spelled F-U-R-N-I-S-H: 7 letters and 2 syllables (fur·nish). It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, furnish means “Material used to create an engineered product” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of furnish is furnishes.
How many letters and syllables are in furnish?
| Letters | 7: F-U-R-N-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fur·nish |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is furnish?
Furnish appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce furnish?
- US /ˈfɝnɪʃ/
- UK /ˈfɜːnɪʃ/
Furnish has 2 syllables, split fur·nish in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-furnish.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with furnish?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as furnish from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹnɪʃ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of furnish
- furnishes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- furnishing participle, present
- furnished participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does furnish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Material used to create an engineered product.
verb
- 1
To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
- 2
To supply or give (something).
- 3
To supply (somebody) with something.
The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Furnish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | meubler, garnir , fournir, livrer |
| German | möblieren, einrichten , ausrüsten |
| Portuguese | mobiliar, mobilar , fornecer |
| Spanish | amoblar, amueblar, mueblar, alhajar , abastecer, fornir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does furnish come from?
From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).