farfara

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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.

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

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative farfara farfaraua farfarale farfaralele
genitive-dative farfarale farfaralei 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