meubler

French

Etymology

From meuble (piece of furniture) + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mœ.ble/
  • (file)

Verb

meubler

  1. (transitive) to furnish
    • 1908, Gaston Leroux, Le Mystère de la chambre jaune, 2009 ed., Wikisource, chap. 1; translated 1908 by anonymous, Margaret Jull Costa (ed.), as The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2003 ed., Dedalus, →ISBN:
      Il faut vous dire encore, monsieur, que la «Chambre Jaune» est toute petite. Mademoiselle l’avait meublée d’un lit en fer assez large, d’une petite table, d’une table de nuit, d’une toilette et de deux chaises.
      — I must also tell you, sir, that the Yellow Room is quite small. Mademoiselle had furnished it with a fairly large iron bedstead, a small table, a night-commode, a washing-stand and two chairs.
  2. (intransitive) to break the silence

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