guérison

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French garison (“healing”), guarir (“to defend, protect, give health to”), from Frankish *warjan (“to defend, protect”), from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)werwǝ-, *wrū- (“to cover, defend, guard”). Cognate with Old High German werien (“to defend, protect”), Old English werian (“to guard, keep, defend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.ʁi.zɔ̃/

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Noun

guérison f (plural guérisons)

1. recovery, healing

Related terms

• guérir

Further reading

• “guérison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.