refurbish

English

Etymology

1605, from re- +‎ furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈfɝbɪʃ/
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Verb

refurbish (third-person singular simple present refurbishes, present participle refurbishing, simple past and past participle refurbished)

(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
We're having the sitting room refurbished, after a leak damaged a large part of the room.

Synonyms

mangonize (obsolete)

Translations

rebuild or replenish

Arabic: جَدَّدَ‎ (jaddada), صقل‎
Bulgarian: подновявам (bg) (podnovjavam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 翻新 (zh) (fānxīn), 刷新 (zh) (shuāxīn)
Dutch: opkalefateren (nl), renoveren (nl), opknappen (nl)
Finnish: kunnostaa (fi), remontoida (fi)
French: renouveler (fr), restaurer (fr)
German: wiederaufarbeiten, restaurieren (de), generalüberholen (de), wieder instand setzen, alle Mangel beseitigen, wieder in einen gebrauchsfähigen Zustand versetzen
Greek: ανακαινίζω (el) (anakainízo)
Hebrew: חִדֵּשׁ‎ (he)
Hungarian: felújít (hu)
Italian: rinnovare (it), ammodernare (it)
Japanese: 改装する (ja) (かいそうする, kaisō suru)
Latin: interpolō
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pusse opp (no)
Nynorsk: pusse opp
Polish: odświeżać (pl), odnawiać (pl)
Portuguese: restaurar (pt)
Russian: восстана́вливать (ru) (vosstanávlivatʹ), обновля́ть (ru) (obnovljátʹ)
Slovene: obnoviti
Spanish: restaurar (es)

Anagrams

brush fire, brush-fire, brushfire, furbisher