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English
Etymology
From French jactance.
Noun
jactance (uncountable)
- (formal) Boasting; bragging; showing off.
- Synonym: jactation
Usage notes
- Often italicized as a foreign loan.
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin iactantia. Cognate with Spanish jactancia and Catalan jactància.
Noun
jactance f (plural jactances)
- boastfulness, bragging
- Synonym: vantardise
1844, Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon:Ces défauts, assez légers dans les salons dorés du faubourg Saint-Germain, […] où cette espèce de jactance, d’apprêt, de tension, si vous voulez, a pour cadre un luxe excessif, des toilettes somptueuses.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
From jacter + -ance.
Noun
jactance f (plural jactances)
- banter
- Synonyms: bavardage, blabla
Le baveux, c’est tout dans la jactance.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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