different between farse vs hoax

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

Etymology

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Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??ks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ho?ks/
• Rhymes: -??ks
• Homophone: hokes

Verb

hoax (third-person singular simple present hoaxes, present participle hoaxing, simple past and past participle hoaxed)

1. (transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

Derived terms

• hoaxer
• hoaxster (rare)

Translations

Noun

hoax (plural hoaxes)

1. Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

Synonyms

• (deliberately false story or report): canard

Derived terms

• (deliberately false story or report): hoaxical, Hoaxocaust

Translations