From Occitan farfadet, from fadet, by addition of the expressive affix particle far- → see farfouiller,[1] with influence from Italian farfarello or Arabic فرفار, farfar ("inconsistent, fickle"), from farfara ("to agitate, stir")[2][3].
farfadet m (plural farfadets)
- elf, leprechaun (or similar small demon)
- Synonym: lutin
- Coordinate term: elfe
- (meteorology) red sprite
- Hypernyms: éclair, foudre
- Coordinate terms: jet bleu, elfe