garnison
French, noun/ɡaʁ.ni.zɔ̃/
garnison is spelled G-A-R-N-I-S-O-N (8 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garnison is a French feminine noun meaning “garrison (fortified town or city)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corps de troupes qu’on met dans une place, dans une forteresse pour la défendre”.
What does garnison mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegarrison (fortified town or city)
- 2
femininegarrison (body of troops)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Corps de troupes qu’on met dans une place, dans une forteresse pour la défendre. 2. Corps de troupes caserné dans une ville. 3. Ville de garnison.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of garnison
- garnisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garnison?
- /ɡaʁ.ni.zɔ̃/
- \ɡaʁ.ni.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to garnison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is garnison in French?
garnison appears 5.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).