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farce

farce, prank

noun FARS Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Also means

stuffing (culinary)

Usage Note

Farce has two distinct senses: a practical joke or absurd situation (une farce de potache — a schoolboy prank), and in cooking, the seasoned stuffing used in poultry or vegetables. The theatrical genre 'farce' (a broad comedy) also exists in French. The verb farcir means to stuff food; farci is the past participle used in dish names like tomates farcies.

Examples

"Les enfants ont joué une farce à leur professeur."

Natural Translation

The children played a prank on their teacher.

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