tintamarre

English

Etymology

From French tintamarre.

Noun

tintamarre (plural tintamarres)

1. The Acadian tradition of marching through one's community making noise with improvised instruments etc., usually as a national celebration.

French

Etymology

From tinter (“to chime”) + a suffix of obscure origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃.ta.maʁ/

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Noun

tintamarre m (uncountable)

1. ruckus; racket

   Synonyms: boucan, vacarme, tohu-bohu

   • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:

     Un vieux Maghrébin a traversé le palier et a saisi l’échelle d’alu qu’il a jetée tranquillement dans le vide de l’escalier, dans un tintamarre monstrueux.

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Derived terms

• île Tintamarre
• tintamarrer
• tintamarresque

 

Further reading

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