"refurbish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹiˈfɝbɪʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-refurbish.ogg Forms: refurbishes [plural]
Etymology: 1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|furbish}} re- + furbish, {{inh|en|enm|furbishen}} Middle English furbishen, {{der|en|frm|forbir|t=to clean, polish|tr=stem <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">furbiss-</i>}} Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), {{der|en|frk|*furbēn|t=to clean, polish}} Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} refurbish (plural refurbishes)
  1. (informal) A refurbishment. Tags: informal
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Verb

IPA: /ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹiˈfɝbɪʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-refurbish.ogg Forms: refurbishes [present, singular, third-person], refurbishing [participle, present], refurbished [participle, past], refurbished [past]
Etymology: 1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|furbish}} re- + furbish, {{inh|en|enm|furbishen}} Middle English furbishen, {{der|en|frm|forbir|t=to clean, polish|tr=stem <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">furbiss-</i>}} Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), {{der|en|frk|*furbēn|t=to clean, polish}} Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} refurbish (third-person singular simple present refurbishes, present participle refurbishing, simple past and past participle refurbished)
  1. (transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance. Tags: transitive Synonyms: mangonize [obsolete] Related terms: refurbishment Translations (rebuild or replenish): جَدَّدَ (jaddada) (Arabic), صقل (Arabic), подновявам (podnovjavam) (Bulgarian), 翻新 (fānxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 刷新 (shuāxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), opkalefateren (Dutch), renoveren (Dutch), opknappen (Dutch), kunnostaa (Finnish), remontoida (Finnish), renouveler (French), restaurer (French), wiederaufarbeiten (German), restaurieren (German), generalüberholen (German), wieder instand setzen (German), alle Mangel beseitigen (German), ανακαινίζω (anakainízo) (Greek), חִדֵּשׁ (Hebrew), felújít (Hungarian), rinnovare (Italian), ammodernare (Italian), 改装する (kaisō suru) (alt: かいそうする) (Japanese), interpolō (Latin), pusse opp (Norwegian Bokmål), pusse opp (Norwegian Nynorsk), odświeżać (Polish), odnawiać (Polish), restaurar (Portuguese), восстана́вливать (vosstanávlivatʹ) (Russian), обновля́ть (obnovljátʹ) (Russian), obnoviti (Slovene), restaurar (Spanish), reacondicionar (Spanish), renovar (Spanish), rehabilitar (Spanish)
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Inflected forms

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