Friday, 3 January 2025

When you hear 'brouhaha' are you hearing English or French?

'Brouhaha' is a word borrowed from French 'brouhaha'. The word entered the English language some time around 1890.


brouhaha [noun] [1890]
  • hubbub
See 'brouhaha' on the Loan Words Map

See more loan words from French.

Etymology: French
See more loan words from 1800s.


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