forfanterie
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French forfanterie, from Italian furfanteria.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forfanterie f (uncountable)
- (dated) bragging, boastfulness, grandiloquence, boasting [19th–mid 20th c.]
- Synonyms: grootspraak, opschepperij
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French forfant + -erie.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forfanterie f (plural forfanteries)
Further reading edit
- “forfanterie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.