different between farse vs barse

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??(?)s/
• Homophone: farce

Noun

farse (plural farses)

1. A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.

Verb

farse (third-person singular simple present farses, present participle farsing, simple past and past participle farsed)

1. (transitive) To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).
   • 2010, Frank C. Senn, The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy (page 138)

     There is also evidence of glossing (or farsing) the texts of the Epistles read in the masses of the Christmas Octave.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Afers, Fears, Feras, Frase, SAfrE, fares, fears, reafs, safer

Italian

Noun

farse f

1. plural of farsa

Anagrams

• frase
• fresa
• sfare
• sfera

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin farsa, from farcire, via French farce

Noun

farse m (definite singular farsen, indefinite plural farser, definite plural farsene)

1. a farce (comedy)
2. mince (minced meat) (UK)

References

• “farse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin farsa, from farcire, via French farce

Noun

farse m (definite singular farsen, indefinite plural farsar, definite plural farsane)

1. a farce (comedy)
2. mince (minced meat) (UK)

References

• “farse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b???s/

Etymology 1

From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at bass (“fish”).

Noun

barse (plural barses)

1. The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.

Related terms

• bass

Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of balls +? arse.

Noun

barse (plural barses)

1. (Britain, vulgar, slang) The perineum of a man.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:barse.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:perineum.

Anagrams

• BSAer, Bares, Brase, Breas, Saber, bares, baser, bears, besra, braes, rabes, saber, sabre