"fanfaluca" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Italian]

Forms: fanfaluche [plural]
Etymology: Late Latin famfalūca, from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “air bubble”). Cf. Old French fanfalue (“trifle”), French fanfreluche (“frill”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|LL.|famfalūca||}} Late Latin famfalūca, {{der|it|grc|πομφόλυξ||air bubble}} Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “air bubble”), {{cog|fro|fanfalue||trifle}} Old French fanfalue (“trifle”), {{cog|fr|fanfreluche||frill}} French fanfreluche (“frill”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} fanfaluca f (plural fanfaluche)
  1. bubble Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fanfaluca-it-noun-30rEFiVz
  2. nonsense, idle chatter Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fanfaluca-it-noun-HQDo1ZdN
  3. whim, fancy Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fanfaluca-it-noun-nsZFYZeC
  4. (archaic) fragment of cinder rising from something that burns Tags: archaic, feminine
    Sense id: en-fanfaluca-it-noun-EQmpdD4- Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 3 31 15 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: balla, frottola, panzana, fola, fandonia

Inflected forms

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