farse
/fɑː(ɹ)s/noun, verb
farse is a noun meaning “A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-R-S-E, and it appears about once in every 76 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of farse is farses.
What does farse mean?
noun
- 1
A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.
verb
- 1
To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce farse?
- /fɑː(ɹ)s/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of farse
- farses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- farsing participle, present
- farsed participle, past
- farce
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is farse?
Farse appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with farse
Sounds like: farce (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does farse come from?
From Medieval Latin farsa. Doublet of farce.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).