"fanfaron" meaning in French

See fanfaron in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-fanfaron.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-fanfaron.wav Forms: fanfaronne [feminine], fanfarons [masculine, plural], fanfaronnes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|es|fanfarrón}} Borrowed from Spanish fanfarrón, {{der|fr|ar|فَرْفَار}} Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} fanfaron (feminine fanfaronne, masculine plural fanfarons, feminine plural fanfaronnes)
  1. boasting
    Sense id: en-fanfaron-fr-adj-PRNu9917 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 61 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People, Personality Disambiguation of People: 0 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-fanfaron.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-fanfaron.wav Forms: fanfarons [plural], fanfaronne [feminine]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|es|fanfarrón}} Borrowed from Spanish fanfarrón, {{der|fr|ar|فَرْفَار}} Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} fanfaron m (plural fanfarons, feminine fanfaronne)
  1. boaster Tags: masculine Derived forms: fanfaronnade, fanfaronner Related terms: fanfare
    Sense id: en-fanfaron-fr-noun-Qjak6cOI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People, Personality Disambiguation of People: 0 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0

Inflected forms

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