sans tambour ni trompette
French, adverb/sɑ̃ tɑ̃.buʁ ni tʁɔ̃.pɛt/
sans tambour ni trompette is a French adverb meaning “without fanfare, without fuss, unheralded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sans avertir quiconque, sans se faire remarquer, sans bruit, en secret”.
What does sans tambour ni trompette mean in English?
adverb
- 1
without fanfare, without fuss, unheralded
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Sans avertir quiconque, sans se faire remarquer, sans bruit, en secret.
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 sans tambour ni trompette
- sans tambours ni trompettes
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sans tambour ni trompette?
- /sɑ̃ tɑ̃.buʁ ni tʁɔ̃.pɛt/
- \sɑ̃ tɑ̃.buʁ ni tʁɔ̃.pɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sans tambour ni trompette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.