"farce" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /faʁs/ Audio: Fr-farce.ogg Forms: farces [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French farse, from Medieval Latin farsa, feminine perfect passive participle from farcīre, from farciō (“to stuff”). The theatre sense alludes to the pleasant and varied character of certain stuffed food items. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|farse|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French farse, {{inh+|fr|fro|farse}} Inherited from Old French farse, {{der|fr|ML.|farsa}} Medieval Latin farsa, {{m|la|farcīre}} farcīre, {{m|la|farciō||to stuff}} farciō (“to stuff”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} farce f (plural farces)
  1. (cooking) stuffing Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-farce-fr-noun-ZosrXK02 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 76 20 4 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  2. (theater) farce Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-farce-fr-noun-W663hGSn Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  3. prank, joke Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-farce-fr-noun-xLFJdnrh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dindon de la farce, farce ou friandise, farceur, histoire farce Related terms: farcir

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for farce meaning in French (4.2kB)

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    "Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch",
    "Émile Littré"
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          "expansion": "→ German: Farce",
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    },
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        {
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: farsa",
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            "2": "fars",
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