fanfaronnade

English

Noun

fanfaronnade (countable and uncountable, plural fanfaronnades)

1. Alternative form of fanfaronade
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     Pen hoped Pynsent might have forgotten his little fanfaronnade, and any other braggadocio speeches or actions which he might have made.

Verb

fanfaronnade (third-person singular simple present fanfaronnades, present participle fanfaronnading, simple past and past participle fanfaronnaded)

1. Alternative form of fanfaronade

French

Etymology

From fanfaronner +‎ -ade. Compare Italian fanfaronata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nad/

Noun

fanfaronnade f (plural fanfaronnades)

1. (chiefly in the plural) bragging, boasting

Descendants

• → English: fanfaronade
• → German: Fanfaronade
• → Polish: fanfaronada

Further reading

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