garnison

From Old French, from garnir (“to protect”) + -ison.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.ni.zɔ̃/

garnison f (plural garnisons)

1. garrison (fortified town or city)
2. garrison (body of troops)

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

• grainons, rangions

garnison f (plural garnisons)

1. garrison (fortified town or city)
2. garrison (body of troops)

From French garnison

garnison m (definite singular garnisonen, indefinite plural garnisoner, definite plural garnisonene)

1. (military) a garrison
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     Han hadde ikke gitt noen advarsel om at han kom på inspeksjon, men ville se hver av garnisonene slik den vanligvis fungerte uten at de hadde gjort noen spesielle forberedelser fordi en høyere offiser skulle komme.

     He had not given any warning that he was coming on inspection, but wanted to see each of the garrisons as they usually functioned, without them having made any special preparations because a higher officer was coming.

• garnisonsby

• “garnison” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French garnison

garnison m (definite singular garnisonen, indefinite plural garnisonar, definite plural garnisonane)

1. (military) a garrison

• garnisonsby

• “garnison” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.