fanfaron

English

Etymology

From Middle French fanfaron.

Noun

fanfaron (plural fanfarons)

1. (obsolete) A boaster; a braggart.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

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

Esperanto

Noun

fanfaron

1. accusative singular of fanfaro

French

Etymology

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

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

• fanfaronner
  • fanfaronnade

Related terms

• fanfare

Descendants

• >? English: foofaraw
• → Polish: fanfaron

Further reading

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

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanfaˈruŋ/

Noun

fanfaron m

1. braggart

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fanfaron, from Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār). First attested in 1764.

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

Declension of fanfaron

	singular	plural
nominative	fanfaron	fanfaroni/fanfarony (deprecative)
genitive	fanfarona	fanfaronów
dative	fanfaronowi	fanfaronom
accusative	fanfarona	fanfaronów
instrumental	fanfaronem	fanfaronami
locative	fanfaronie	fanfaronach
vocative	fanfaronie	fanfaroni

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

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

		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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fanfaron	fanfaronul		fanfaroni	fanfaronii
genitive-dative	fanfaron	fanfaronului		fanfaroni	fanfaronilor
vocative	fanfaronule			fanfaronilor