fanfare

See also Fanfare

English

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Noun

fanfare (countable and uncountable; plural fanfares)

1. (countable) A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

   They played a short fanfare to announce the arrival of the king.

2. (uncountable) A show of ceremony or celebration.

   The town opened the new library with fanfare and a speech from the mayor.

Translations

a flourish of trumpets or horns

• Bulgarian: фанфар (bg) (fanfar) m
• Catalan: fanfara (ca) f
• Czech: fanfára (cs) f
• Dutch: fanfare (nl) c
• Esperanto: fanfaro (eo)
• Finnish: fanfaari (fi)
• French: fanfare (fr) f

• German: Fanfare f
• Portuguese: fanfarra
• Spanish: fanfarria (es) f

a show of ceremony or celebration

• Spanish: fanfarria (es) f

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• Catalan: fanfàrria f

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɑnfarə/

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Noun

fanfare c (plural fanfaren or fanfares)

1. A brass band, with percussion.
2. A fanfare (flourish).

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Italian

Noun

fanfare f

1. Plural form of fanfara

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