fanfare
French, noun/fɑ̃.faʁ/
fanfare is spelled F-A-N-F-A-R-E (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fanfare is a French feminine noun meaning “fanfare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Air exécuté par des cors ou des trompettes”.
What does fanfare mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefanfare
- 2
femininemarching band
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Air exécuté par des cors ou des trompettes. 2. Musique militaire, très sonore. 3. Air qu’on sonne au lancer de la bête ou après la curée. 4. Orchestre composé presque exclusivement de cuivres.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fanfare
- fanfares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fanfare?
- /fɑ̃.faʁ/
- \fɑ̃.faʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fanfare
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fanfare in French?
fanfare appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).