garenne
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French garenne, garanne, from Old French garenne, garanne, guarenne, from Medieval Latin warenna, itself of Germanic origin; from or related to Old High German warōn (“to be wary”) and werren (“to forbid”), through Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to heed, be careful”) and Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to become aware; take heed”).
Unclear if has relationship to Gaulish varenna (“enclosed area”); if any it is likely not a direct one. Also compare English warren.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
garenne f (plural garennes)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
garenne m (plural garennes)
- wild rabbit
Further reading edit
- “garenne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Brachet, A. (1873) “garenne”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.
- “garenne”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
garenne f
Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Said to be of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *varenna (“enclosed area”), from *varros (“post”); but more likely from guarir (“to defend”).[1]
Noun edit
garenne oblique singular, f (oblique plural garennes, nominative singular garenne, nominative plural garennes)
- warren (enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits)
References edit
- garenne on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- ^ “warren”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Poitevin-Saintongeais edit
Noun edit
garenne
References edit
- Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 202.