fanfaron

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English

Etymology

From Middle French fanfaron.

Noun

fanfaron (plural fanfarons)

  1. (obsolete) A boaster; a braggart.

Esperanto

Noun

fanfaron

  1. accusative singular of fanfaro

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ̃/
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Adjective

fanfaron (feminine fanfaronne, masculine plural fanfarons, feminine plural fanfaronnes)

  1. boasting

Noun

fanfaron m (plural fanfarons, feminine fanfaronne)

  1. boaster

Derived terms

Descendants

  • >? English: foofaraw
  • Polish: fanfaron

References

Further reading

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

fanfaron m

  1. braggart

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fanfaron,[1][2] from Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār). First attested in 1764.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fanˈfa.rɔn/
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  • Rhymes: -arɔn
  • Syllabification: fan‧fa‧ron

Noun

fanfaron m pers (diminutive fanfaronik)

  1. (dated, derogatory) braggart
    Synonyms: bufon, samochwała, ważniak

Declension

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “fanfaron”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “fanfaron”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Wiesław Morawski (03.12.2018) “FANFARON”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fanfaron, from Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār).

Adjective

fanfaron m or n (feminine singular fanfaronă, masculine plural fanfaroni, feminine and neuter plural fanfarone)

  1. boasting

Declension

Noun

fanfaron m (plural fanfaroni)

  1. boaster

Declension