furniture

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).

The furniture had been knocked over. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
Mebles: movables, furniture, &c.; French, “meubles.” 5. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
I don't want all the study furniture smashed. — Mike and Psmith, Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

piece of furniture, article of furniture

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