fanfare
pronunciation
How to pronounce fanfare in British English:
UK [ˈfænfeə(r)]
How to pronounce fanfare in American English:
US [ˈfænfer]
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- Noun:
- a showy outward display
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
Word Origin
- fanfare (n.)
- c. 1600, "a flourish sounded on a trumpet or bugle," from French fanfare "a sounding of trumpets" (16c.), from fanfarer "blow a fanfare" (16c.), perhaps echoic, or perhaps borrowed (with Spanish fanfarron "braggart," and Italian fanfano "babbler") from Arabic farfar "chatterer," of imitative origin. French fanfaron also came into English 1670s with a sense "boastful."
Example
- 1. Now I am 38 years old , and I can state without fanfare : no one saved me .
- 2. This innovation does not deserve as much fanfare as it has been getting .
- 3. Crossing an entire continent may seem like a heroic journey , but passengers booking on the indian pacific should not expect too much fanfare .
- 4. On february 2nd , to much fanfare , they launched an " indigenous " satellite , borne into space on a rocket of iranian making , however much it may have owed to north korean and other technology .