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# fanfare

noun (a fanfare, fanfares; also uncountable)

«fanfare» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A fanfare is a short, loud, exciting tune played on trumpets or other brass instruments to announce someone important or the start of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fanfare/#m1)
2. Fanfare (uncountable) is a lot of excitement, publicity and showy celebration around something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fanfare/#m2)

### In the lessons

In music lessons and history, fanfares announce kings, queens and ceremonies. In everyday life and news, a new phone or film may be launched «with much fanfare», or something may happen «without fanfare», quietly. Phrases: «a fanfare of trumpets», «with great fanfare», «without fanfare».

### Examples

- A fanfare of trumpets announced the queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fanfare/#x1)
- The film opened with a loud fanfare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fanfare/#x2)
- The new park opened with great fanfare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fanfare/#x3)
- He retired quietly, without any fanfare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fanfare/#x4)
- Our school band played a fanfare at sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fanfare/#x5)
- The game was launched with a lot of fanfare online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fanfare/#x6)

### Note

Countable for the tune (a fanfare), uncountable for the fuss (much fanfare). Comes from French. Say «FAN-fair».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fanfare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fanfare/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fanfare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fanfare.html) on Mova free.