fourniment
\fuʁ.ni.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“fourniment” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des objets d’équipement à l’usage de chaque soldat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fourniment · fourniment · French
fourniment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fourniment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fuʁ.ni.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fourniment is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fuʁ.ni.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
fourniment doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fourniment, spelled F-O-U-R-N-I-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des objets d’équipement à l’usage de chaque soldat.
- 2Ensemble des objets d’équipement nécessaires à l’exercice d’une profession.
- 3Étui ou récipient dans lequel le soldat ou le chasseur mettait la poudre autrefois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fourniment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le vieux homme se mit à danser en poussant des cris sauvages, puis se précipitant vers sa maison avec une étonnante vélocité et s’engouffrant à demi dans une énorme malle poilue qui faisait l’ornement de sa tanière, il en tira d’un seul coup tout son fourniment des jours de gloire.
Porter le fourniment leur fut si dur que le nom de ce fourniment, ærumna, exprima ensuite chez eux l’accablement, la fatigue du corps et de l’esprit, la misère, le malheur, les désastres.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.