tintamarre

French

Etymology

From tinter (“to chime”) + a suffix of obscure origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛ̃.ta.maʁ/
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Noun

tintamarre m (uncountable)

ruckus; racket
Synonyms: boucan, vacarme, tohu-bohu
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
  Un vieux Maghrébin a traversé le palier et a saisi l’échelle d’alu qu’il a jetée tranquillement dans le vide de l’escalier, dans un tintamarre monstrueux.
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Derived terms

île Tintamarre
tintamarrer
tintamarresque

Further reading

“tintamarre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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