farfara

See also: fárfara

English

Etymology

From the species epithet.

Noun

farfara (uncountable)

  1. The dried leaves of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), formerly used to treat bronchitis.

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin farfara and later the species epithet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfar.fa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -arfara
  • Hyphenation: fàr‧fa‧ra

Noun

farfara f (plural farfare)

  1. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

farfara f (genitive farfarae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of farfarum
    • 900–1100: Codex Vaticanus 4417, Corpus glossariorum latinorum III p. 624 l. 9
      Farfara id est ungula gaballina
      Farfara is a coltsfoot.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative farfara farfarae
Genitive farfarae farfarārum
Dative farfarae farfarīs
Accusative farfaram farfarās
Ablative farfarā farfarīs
Vocative farfara farfarae

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فارفاره (farfara).

Noun

farfara f (plural farfarale)

  1. (derogatory) windbag

Declension
Declension of farfara
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) farfara farfaraua (niște) farfarale farfaralele
genitive/dative (unei) farfarale farfaralei (unor) farfarale farfaralelor
vocative — —

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فارفاره (farfara), فارفره (farfara), فرفره (farfara), from Italian farfalla or from Arabic فَرْفَرَة (farfara), verbal noun of فَرْفَرَ (farfara, “to shake oneself, to be volatile, to be of light behaviour”).

Adjective

farfara

  1. windbag, big talker

Further reading
  • “farfara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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