Etymology

fanfare

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Today it means: A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. Full definition →

French fanfare
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  1. French · borrowed fromfanfare
  2. English todayfanfare

Borrowed from French fanfare; some senses apparently influenced by surface analysis, fan + fare.

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