furniture
Large movable item, usually in a room, which enhance the room's characteristics,…Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
» We had a lot of furniture.
Wir hatten eine Menge Möbel.
Wir hatten viele Möbel.
У нас было много мебели.
У нас було багато меблів.
Meaning
19 senses(uncountable, usually)Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.
How much furniture did they leave behind?
Möbel, Möbelstück, Mobiliar
ме́бельmébelʹ, предме́т ме́белиpredmét mébeli
ме́бліmébli
(uncountable, usually)The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.
Geschirr, Zaumzeug, Prunkgeschirr
(uncountable, usually)Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.
Beschläge, Beschlag
(uncountable, usually)The stock and forearm of a weapon.
(historical, uncountable, usually)The pieces of wood or metal put around pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.
(slang, uncountable, usually)The stumps.
(uncountable, usually)Any material on the page other than the body text and pictures of articles; for example, headlines, datelines and dinkuses, lines and symbols (though in earlier use, only non-text elements of page design, such as lines and symbols).
(uncountable, usually)A type of mixture organ stop.
(uncountable, usually)Impressive-looking books used for filling out the collection of a private library.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)An accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming.
(archaic, uncountable, usually)Draped coverings and hangings; bedsheets, tablecloths, tapestries, etc.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Clothing with which a person is furnished; apparel, outfit.
- furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
Examples
388 sentencesWe had a lot of furniture.
У нас було багато меблів.
ruУ нас было много мебели.
deWir hatten eine Menge Möbel.
I helped Tom move the furniture.
Я допоміг Тому пересунути меблі.
ruЯ помог Тому передвинуть мебель.
Tom helped Mary dust the furniture.
Том допоміг Мері протерти пилюку з меблів.
deTom half Maria, den Staub von den Möbeln zu wischen.
There is too much furniture in the house.
В будинку забагато меблів.
ruВ доме слишком много мебели.
There is a lot of furniture in this room.
У цій кімнаті багато меблів.
ruВ этой комнате много мебели.
deIn diesem Raum stehen viele Möbel.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to fuFrom Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).
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Forms
plural: furnitures| Singular | furniture |
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uncountable
Synonyms
4 synonyms- furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy:piece of furniturearticle of furniture
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Home and furniture — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- some new furniture
- furniture in the
- move the furniture
- move some furniture
- new furniture
- much furniture in
- the furniture in
- lot of furniture
- no furniture in
- furniture in this
- some furniture
- old furniture