farsa

See also: farsă and farsą

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfar.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfaɾ.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

farsa f (plural farses)

1. farce

Further reading

• “farsa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Interlingua

Noun

farsa (plural farsas)

1. farce

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French farce. Doublet of farcia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfar.sa/
• Rhymes: -arsa
• Hyphenation: fàr‧sa

Noun

farsa f (plural farse)

1. farce, masquerade

   Synonyms: mascherata, sceneggiata, pagliacciata, buffonata

Anagrams

• sfarà

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French farce. Doublet of farsz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfar.sa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arsa
• Syllabification: far‧sa

Noun

farsa f (augmentative farsidło, related adjective farsowy)

1. (theater) farce (style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method)
2. (theater) farce (motion picture or play featuring this style of humor)

   Synonym: krotochwila

3. (colloquial) farce (situation abounding with ludicrous incidents)

Declension

Declension of farsa

	singular	plural
nominative	farsa	farsy
genitive	farsy	fars
dative	farsie	farsom
accusative	farsę	farsy
instrumental	farsą	farsami
locative	farsie	farsach
vocative	farso	farsy

Related terms

adverbs

• farsowo

nouns

• farsowość

Further reading

• farsa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• farsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• farsa in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French farse, French farce.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaʁ.sɐ/ [ˈfah.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaʁ.sɐ/ [ˈfah.sɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɾ.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfaʁ.sɐ/ [ˈfaχ.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɻ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɾ.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -aɾsɐ
• Hyphenation: far‧sa

Noun

farsa f (plural farsas)

1. (theater) farce

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French farce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɾsa/ [ˈfaɾ.sa]
• Rhymes: -aɾsa
• Syllabification: far‧sa

Noun

farsa f (plural farsas)

1. charade, farce (style of humor marked by broad improbabilities)
2. farce (film or play featuring this type of humor)
3. farce (a situation abounding with ludicrous incidents)
4. farce (in gastronomy: forcemeat, stuffing, seasoned stuffing, ground meat filling, mincemeat)

Derived terms

• farsar

Related terms

• farsante
• harto

Further reading

• “farsa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Etymology

From far, formed on basis of morsa, a hypocoristic form of mor.

Noun

farsa c

1. (colloquial) dad, old man

Usage notes

When addressing one's own father, the definite form farsan is used.

Declension

Declension of [Term?]

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	farsa	farsas
	definite	farsan	farsans
plural	indefinite	farsor	farsors
	definite	farsorna	farsornas

Synonyms

• far
• farsgubbe
• pappa
• stabbe

References

• farsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• farsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• farsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• faras, fasar, frasa