garantie

Etymology

From French garantie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaˈrɑn(t)si/

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Noun

garantie m (plural garanties, diminutive garantietje n)

1. guarantee
2. warranty

Etymology

From Middle French garantie, from Old French garantie, guarantie (“protection, defense”), from Old French garantir, guarantir (“to warrant, vouch for something”), from Old French garant, guarant, warant (“a warrant; warranter, supporter, defender, protector”), from Frankish *warand (“a warrant”), from Frankish *warjan (“to fend for, designate something as true, vouch for”), from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Cognate with Middle Low German warent, warend (“a warrant”), German gewähren (“to grant”). More at warrant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti/

Noun

garantie f (plural garanties)

1. guarantee

Verb

garantie f

1. feminine singular of the past participle of garantir

Further reading

• “garantie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• argentai, ganterai, garaient, nagerait, rangeait

Verb

garantie f

1. feminine singular of the past participle of garantir

Noun

garantie f (oblique plural garanties, nominative singular garantie, nominative plural garanties)

1. Alternative form of guarantie