fumisterie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.mis.tə.ʁi/
Noun
fumisterie f (countable and uncountable, plural fumisteries)
- (uncountable) heating engineering, boiler fitting, stove fitting (the practice of installing fireplaces, chimneys, etc.)
- (countable) a company specialised in the above
- (figuratively) bad joke, farce; hoax; sham, quackery, smoke and mirrors (something that cannot be taken seriously)
- Synonym: supercherie
Further reading
- “fumisterie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French fumisterie.
Declension
Declension of fumisterie
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) fumisterie | fumisteria | (niște) fumisterii | fumisteriile |
| genitive/dative | (unei) fumisterii | fumisteriei | (unor) fumisterii | fumisteriilor |
| vocative | fumisterie, fumisterio | fumisteriilor | ||
References
- fumisterie in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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