fanfara

See also: fanfára

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French fanfare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəɱˈfa.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faɱˈfa.ɾa]

Noun

fanfara f (plural fanfares)

1. fanfare, a flourish of trumpets or horns (accepted as such in DNV)

   Synonym: fanfàrria

2. a marching band

   Synonym: xaranga

Further reading

• “fanfara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fanfara” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fanfara” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanˈfa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: fan‧fà‧ra

Noun

fanfara f (plural fanfare)

1. (music) fanfare
2. (music) brass band

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fanfare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanˈfara/

Noun

fanfara f inan

1. fanfare

Declension

Declension of fanfara

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fanfara	fanfarje	fanfary
Genitive	fanfary	fanfarowu	fanfarow
Dative	fanfarje	fanfaroma	fanfaram
Accusative	fanfaru	fanfarje	fanfary
Instrumental	fanfaru	fanfaroma	fanfarami
Locative	fanfarje	fanfaroma	fanfarach

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “fanfara”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fanfare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanˈfa.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: fan‧fa‧ra

Noun

fanfara f (related adjective fanfarowy)

1. (music) fanfare (flourish of trumpets or horns)

Declension

Declension of fanfara

	singular	plural
nominative	fanfara	fanfary
genitive	fanfary	fanfar
dative	fanfarze	fanfarom
accusative	fanfarę	fanfary
instrumental	fanfarą	fanfarami
locative	fanfarze	fanfarach
vocative	fanfaro	fanfary

Derived terms

noun

• fanfarzysta

 

noun

• fanfaron

 

Further reading

• fanfara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fanfara in Polish dictionaries at PWN