garenne

From Old French garenne, guarenne, from Medieval Latin warenna, itself of Germanic origin; from Old High German ivaron (“to forbid”), through Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”) or Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to heed, be careful”) 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.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁɛn/

garenne f (plural garennes)

1. (obsolete) game-park
2. rabbit warren

garenne m (plural garennes)

1. wild rabbit

• “garenne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• “garenne” in An etymological dictionary of the French language, Oxford University Press, 1837.
• “garenne” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

garenne f

1. plural of garenna

• warenne

garenne f (oblique plural garennes, nominative singular garenne, nominative plural garennes)

1. warren (enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits)

• garenne on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub