fifrer

fifʁe

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Definition of fifrer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

musique

Dated

jouer du fifre pour accompagner une musique

Dated

Le musicien fifre pendant la parade militaire.

piper

voix aiguë

Dated

parler ou chanter avec une voix aiguë comme un fifre

Dated

Elle fifre ses complaintes d'une voix perçante.

chevrotter

crisser

piper

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Origin of fifrer

italian, piffero (petite flûte) + -er (faire)

Examples of fifrer in a sentence

On l’entend fifrer au loin dans la fanfare du village.
Il se met à fifrer dès qu’il est contrarié.
Les enfants fifraient une comptine dans la cour de récréation.

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English:play the fife, pipe, ...
German:Fife spielen, mit pfeifender Stimme sprechen, ...
Italian:suonare il piffero, stridulare, ...
Spanish:tocar el pífano, chillar, ...
Portuguese:tocar pífaro, falar com voz aguda, ...
Chinese:吹横笛, 尖声说话, ...
Japanese:フィフルを吹く, 甲高い声で話す, ...
Arabic:عَزَفَ, تحدث أو غنى بصوت حاد مرتفع مثل الناي الصغير, ...
Hebrew:לְנַגֵּן בַּחֲלִילִית צְבָאִית, לְדַבֵּר בְּקוֹל גָּבוֹהַּ כְּמוֹ חֲלִילִית, ...
Russian:играть на фифре, визжать, ...
Ukrainian:грати на флейті-пікколо, говорити пронизливим голосом, ...
Catalan:tocar el flabiol, flabiolar, ...
Danish:spille fife, pibe, ...
Dutch:op de pijperfluit spelen, piepen, ...
Greek:παίζω φλογέρα, σφυρίζω με τη φωνή, ...
Khmer:ផ្លុំហ្វីហ្វ្រ៍, និយាយសំឡេងស្រួច, ...
Korean:피프를 불다, 날카로운 목소리로 말하다, ...
Polish:grać na flecie piccolo, piszczeć, ...
Portuguese (BR):tocar pífaro, falar com voz aguda, ...
Romanian:a cânta la piftru, a piui, ...
Swedish:spela fifr, pipa, ...
Thai:เป่าขลุ่ยฟิฟ, พูดเสียงแหลม, ...
Turkish:fifre çalmak, ince sesle konuşmak, ...
Vietnamese:thổi sáo piccolo, nói bằng giọng the thé, ...

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