forfanterie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French forfanterie, from Italian furfanteria.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌfɔr.fɑn.təˈri/
Hyphenation: for‧fan‧te‧rie
Rhymes: -i

Noun

forfanterie f (uncountable)

(dated) bragging, boastfulness, grandiloquence, boasting [19th–mid 20th c.]
Synonyms: grootspraak, opschepperij

French

Etymology

From Old French forfant + -erie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.fɑ̃.tʁi/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

forfanterie f (plural forfanteries)

boasting, boastfulness

Further reading

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

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