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fan·fare

(făn′fâr′)

1. Music A loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets.

2. A spectacular public display.

[French, possibly of imitative origin.]

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fanfare

(ˈfænfɛə)

1. (Music, other) a flourish or short tune played on brass instruments, used as a military signal, at a ceremonial event, etc

2. an ostentatious flourish or display

Also called: fanfarade

[C17: from French, back formation from fanfarer to play a flourish on trumpets; see fanfaronade]

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fan•fare

(ˈfæn fɛər)

n.

1. a flourish played on trumpets or the like.

2. an ostentatious display.

3. publicity.

[1760–70; < French]

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Noun	1.	fanfare - a gaudy outward display ostentation, flash display - exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage" bravado, bluster - a swaggering show of courage exhibitionism - extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself ritz - ostentatious display of elegance; "they put on the ritz" splurge - an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.) pedantry - an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
	2.	fanfare - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" tucket, flourish music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune, strain, air, line - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"

fanfare

noun trumpet call, flourish, trump (archaic), tucket (archaic), fanfaronade a fanfare of trumpets

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Translations

لَحْن بوقي

fanfára

fanfare

lúîraòytur

fanfara

fanfartören borusu

嘹亮的喇叭声

fanfare

[ˈfænfɛəʳ] N → fanfarria f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fanfare

[ˈfænfɛə^r] n → fanfare f (musique)fanfold paper [ˈfænfəʊld] n → papier m à pliage en accordéon

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fanfare

n → Fanfare f; trumpet fanfare → Trompetenstoß m; with a fanfare of publicity → mit einer aufsehenerregenden Werbekampagne

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fanfare

[ˈfænfɛə] n → fanfara

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fanfare

(ˈfӕnfeə) noun

a short piece of music played by trumpets etc at the entry of a king or queen during a ceremony etc.

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