farfadet

Etymology

From Occitan farfadet, from fadet, by addition of the expressive affix particle far- → see farfouiller,[1] with influence from Italian farfarello or Arabic فرفار, farfar ("inconsistent, fickle"), from farfara ("to agitate, stir")[2][3].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faʁ.fa.dɛ/

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Noun

farfadet m (plural farfadets)

1. elf, leprechaun (or similar small demon)

   Synonym: lutin

   Coordinate term: elfe

2. (meteorology) red sprite

   Hypernyms: éclair, foudre

   Coordinate terms: jet bleu, elfe

Further reading

• “farfadet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• farfadet on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr