farceur
English
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French farceur.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /fɑɹˈsɝ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɑːˈsɜː/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Noun
editfarceur (plural farceurs)
- A person who writes farces, or who performs in them.
- 1987 August 22, Tom Grabosky, “Who Hears an Orton?”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 6, page 7:
- […] and as always, the best avenue for resolving rage is positive action. For the playwright, this has and does often take the form of satire, and perhaps the most outstanding farceur of the '60s was Joe Orton.
- A farcical comedian.
Related terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfarceur m (plural farceurs, feminine farceuse)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “farceur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “farceur” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
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