forfanterie
French, noun/fɔʁ.fɑ̃.tʁi/
forfanterie is spelled F-O-R-F-A-N-T-E-R-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forfanterie is a French feminine noun meaning “boasting, boastfulness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Propension à étaler ses vertus”.
What does forfanterie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineboasting, boastfulness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Propension à étaler ses vertus. 2. Fanfaronnade extrême et habituelle.
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 forfanterie
- forfanteries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forfanterie?
- /fɔʁ.fɑ̃.tʁi/
- \fɔʁ.fɑ̃t.ʁi\
- \fɔʁ.fɑ̃.tʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is forfanterie in French?
forfanterie appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).