noun, feminine/faʁs/plural: farces
farce is feminine in French.
stuffing; farce; prank, joke
“C'est des farces ?” — Is this a joke?
Inherited from Old French farse, from Medieval Latin farsa, from the feminine perfect passive participle from Latin farciō (“to stuff”). Doublet of far. The theatre sense alludes to the pleasant and varied character of certain stuffed food items.