garniture
French, noun/ɡaʁ.ni.tyʁ/
garniture is spelled G-A-R-N-I-T-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garniture is a French feminine noun meaning “garniture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui est mis à une chose pour la garnir, la compléter, l’orner, l’embellir”.
What does garniture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegarniture
- 2
femininelapping, winding
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui est mis à une chose pour la garnir, la compléter, l’orner, l’embellir. 2. Assaisonnement ou accompagnement d’un plat. 3. Ce qui se met à une chose pour la renforcer, pour la faire durer plus longtemps. 4. Accessoire.
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 garniture
- garnitures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garniture?
- /ɡaʁ.ni.tyʁ/
- \ɡaʁ.ni.tyʁ\
- [ɡaʁ.ni.tyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to garniture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is garniture in French?
garniture appears 1.4 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).