guirlande

From French guirlande, from Old French garlande, presumably a derivation from Frankish *weron (“bedeck, adorn”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡirlandə/, [ɡ̊iɐ̯ˈland̥ə]

guirlande c (singular definite guirlanden, plural indefinite guirlander)

1. festoon
2. paper chain

• “guirlande” in Den Danske Ordbog

From French guirlande.

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guirlande c (plural guirlandes, diminutive guirlandetje n)

1. garland, festoon

Inherited from Old French garlande, probably derived from Frankish *weron (“bedeck, adorn”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz; compare Old High German wieren, English wire.

• IPA^(key): /ɡiʁ.lɑ̃d/

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guirlande f (plural guirlandes)

1. wreath
2. festoon
3. garland
4. tinsel

• enguirlander
• guirlander

• → Danish: guirlande
• → Romanian: ghirlandă

• “guirlande”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.