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garnissage

French, noun/ɡaʁ.ni.saʒ/

garnissage is spelled G-A-R-N-I-S-S-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garnissage is a French masculine noun meaning “trim (decoration)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Technique de décoration ou de construction de certains meubles, qui consiste à poser une garniture sur un…”.

What does garnissage mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetrim (decoration)

  2. 2

    masculinelining

  3. 3

    masculinestuffing

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Technique de décoration ou de construction de certains meubles, qui consiste à poser une garniture sur un siège ou un meuble tapissé ou garni. 2. Partie constitutive des colonnes de distillation. 3. Revêtement intérieur d’un four, d’un creuset.

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 garnissage

  • garnissages plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce garnissage?

  • /ɡaʁ.ni.saʒ/
  • \ɡaʁ.ni.saʒ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is garnissage in French?

garnissage appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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