farfadet
French, noun/faʁ.fa.dɛ/
farfadet is spelled F-A-R-F-A-D-E-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Farfadet is a French masculine noun meaning “elf, leprechaun (or similar small demon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être imaginaire, sorte d’esprit follet, de lutin”.
What does farfadet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelf, leprechaun (or similar small demon)
- 2
masculinered sprite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Être imaginaire, sorte d’esprit follet, de lutin. 2. Groupe de deux ou trois éclairs rouges et puissants de la mésosphère.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of farfadet
- farfadets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce farfadet?
- /faʁ.fa.dɛ/
- \faʁ.fa.dɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to farfadet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is farfadet in French?
farfadet appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).