patufet

Of expressive origin. Influenced by such words as petit (“small”), petarrell (“pout; tot”), pet (“fart”), and llufa (“silent fart”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pə.tuˈfɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.tuˈfət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.tuˈfet]

patufet m (plural patufets, feminine patufeta, feminine plural patufetes)

1. small child, urchin, rugrat

• Patufet

• “patufet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “patufet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “patufet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.