fanfare

[fan-fair]

noun

1. a flourish or short air played on trumpets or the like.

2. an ostentatious display or flourish.

3. publicity or advertising.

fanfare

/ ˈfænfɛə /

noun

1. a flourish or short tune played on brass instruments, used as a military signal, at a ceremonial event, etc

2. an ostentatious flourish or display

Word History and Origins

Origin of fanfare¹

1760–70; < French, expressive word akin to fanfaron fanfaron.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fanfare¹

C17: from French, back formation from fanfarer to play a flourish on trumpets; see _fanfaronade

Example Sentences

Auto Show, and that “fanfare over the electric future was decidedly tamped down.”

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It was a facility that opened in April to fanfare, a move aimed at helping the country’s fast-growing aviation sector to maintain safe operations.

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Cologne in particular gets a lot of fanfare with younger guys.

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The transfer from New Mexico who arrived with great fanfare has hardly looked like a top-level player through the season’s first month.

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The Mexican naval training ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in May, leaving two crew members dead, returned home on Sunday to official fanfare in the port of Veracruz.

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