fanfaron

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English

Noun

fanfaron (plural fanfarons)

  1. (obsolete) A bully.
  2. (obsolete) A boaster; a braggart.

Esperanto

Noun

fanfaron

  1. accusative singular of fanfaro

French

Etymology

From Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

fanfaron (feminine fanfaronne, masculine plural fanfarons, feminine plural fanfaronnes)

  1. boasting

Noun

fanfaron m (plural fanfarons, feminine fanfaronne)

  1. boaster

Further reading

References

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