fanfaron

fanfaron

English

Etymology

From Middle French fanfaron.

Noun

fanfaron (plural fanfarons)

1. (obsolete) A boaster; a braggart.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 44, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume II, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541:

     Peregrine glowing with resentment, called him a Fanfaron, and withdrew, in expectation of being followed into the street.

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Esperanto

Noun

fanfaron

1. accusative singular of fanfaro

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French

Etymology

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

Related terms

• fanfare

Descendants

• >? English: foofaraw
• → Polish: fanfaron

References

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

Further reading

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

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanfaˈruŋ/

Noun

fanfaron m

1. braggart

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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/

• Audio

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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

Declension of fanfaron

	singular	plural
nominative	fanfaron	fanfaroni
genitive	fanfarona	fanfaronów
dative	fanfaronowi	fanfaronom
accusative	fanfarona	fanfaronów
instrumental	fanfaronem	fanfaronami
locative	fanfaronie	fanfaronach
vocative	fanfaronie	fanfaroni

References

1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) 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

• fanfaron in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fanfaron in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “fanfaron”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “fanfaron”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “fanfaron”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 718

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Declension of fanfaron

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fanfaron		fanfaronă	fanfaroni	fanfarone
	definite	fanfaronul		fanfarona	fanfaronii	fanfaronele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fanfaron		fanfarone	fanfaroni	fanfarone
	definite	fanfaronului		fanfaronei	fanfaronilor	fanfaronelor

Noun

fanfaron m (plural fanfaroni)

1. boaster

Declension

Declension of fanfaron

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fanfaron	fanfaronul	(niște) fanfaroni	fanfaronii
genitive/dative	(unui) fanfaron	fanfaronului	(unor) fanfaroni	fanfaronilor
vocative	fanfaronule		fanfaronilor