fanfaluca

Italian

Etymology

Late Latin famfalūca, from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “air bubble”). Cf. Old French fanfalue (“trifle”), French fanfreluche (“frill”).

Noun

fanfaluca f (plural fanfaluche)

  1. bubble
  2. nonsense, idle chatter
  3. whim, fancy
  4. (archaic) fragment of cinder rising from something that burns

Synonyms

Further reading

  • fanfaluca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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