farfelu
French, adjective/faʁ.fə.ly/
farfelu is spelled F-A-R-F-E-L-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Farfelu is a French adjective meaning “eccentric, scatty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a un comportement bizarre”.
What does farfelu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eccentric, scatty
- 2
ridiculous, harebrained
Near-synonyms: loufoque, fantaisiste, ridicule
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a un comportement bizarre. 2. Qui est issu d’un raisonnement bizarre.
noun: 1. Personne au comportement, aux idées fantasques.
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 farfelu
- farfelue feminine
- farfelus masculine plural
- farfelues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce farfelu?
- /faʁ.fə.ly/
- \faʁ.fə.ly\
- [faʁ.fə.ly]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to farfelu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is farfelu in French?
farfelu appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).