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English

Etymology

From brouhaha#French|brouhaha.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈbɹʊu.hɑː.hɑː/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-brouhaha.ogg

Noun

A stir; a fuss or uproar.
:It caused quite a brouhaha when the school suspended one of its top students for refusing to adhere to the dress code.

Synonyms

Translations

German: Aufruhr

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French

Pronunciation

IPA: /bru.a.a/
An audio transcript can be found at Fr-Brouhaha-fr-Paris.ogg

Noun

brouhaha (plural brouhahas)

brouhaha

ca:brouhaha fr:brouhaha io:brouhaha ru:brouhaha vi:brouhaha zh:brouhaha

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English brouhaha \brouhaha\ n.
1. the confused noise of many voices.

Syn: hubbub, uproar.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits.
[WordNet 1.5]

WordNet brouhaha
n 1: loud confused noise from many sources [syn: hubbub, uproar,
katzenjammer]
2: a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits

Moby Dictionary
Bedlam let loose , ado , agitation , babel , bedlam , blast , bluster ,
bobbery , boil , boiling , bother , brawl , broil , bustle , cacophony ,
chaos , charivari , chirm , churn , clamor , clangor , clap , clatter ,
coil , commotion , conturbation , din , discomposure , discord ,
disorder , disquiet , disquietude , disturbance , donnybrook ,
donnybrook fair , drunken brawl , dustup , ebullience , ebullition ,
eddy , effervescence , embroilment , excitement , fanaticism ,
feery-fary , ferment , fermentation , fever , feverishness , fidgets ,
flap , flurry , fluster , flutteration , foment , fomentation , foofaraw ,
fracas , free-for-all , frenzy , fume , furor , furore , fury , fuss ,
hassle , hell broke loose , helter-skelter , howl , hubbub ,
hue and cry , hullabaloo , hurly-burly , hurrah , hurry , hurry-scurry ,
inquietude , jangle , jitters , jumpiness , loud noise , maelstrom ,
malaise , melee , moil , nerviness , nervosity , nervousness , noise ,
noise and shouting , outcry , pandemonium , passion , pell-mell ,
perturbation , pother , racket , rage , rampage , rattle , restlessness ,
rhubarb , riot , roar , roil , rough-and-tumble , roughhouse , rout , row ,
ruckus , ruction , ruffle , rumble , rumpus , scramble , seethe ,
seething , shindy , shivaree , stir , storminess , swirl , swirling ,
tempestuousness , thunder , thunderclap , tintamarre , to-do ,
trepidation , trepidity , trouble , tumult , tumultuation ,
tumultuousness , turbidity , turbulence , turmoil , twitter , unease ,
unrest , uproar , upset , vortex , whirl , wildness , yeastiness , zeal ,
zealousness