forfanterie

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French forfanterie, from Italian furfanteria.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌfɔr.fɑn.təˈri/
  • Hyphenation: for‧fan‧te‧rie
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun[edit]

forfanterie f (uncountable)

  1. (dated) bragging, boastfulness, grandiloquence, boasting [19th–mid 20th c.]
    Synonyms: grootspraak, opschepperij

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French forfant + -erie.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fɔʁ.fɑ̃.tʁi/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

forfanterie f (plural forfanteries)

  1. boasting, boastfulness

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