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fantomal: ghostly
fantomatique: ghostly
fantôme: ghost
fantômisation: ghosting
fanum: fanum
fanzine: fanzine
fané: faded
faon: fawn (young deer)
faonner: to fawn; to give birth to a fawn, or young deer
faque: eye dialect spelling of fait que
faquin: porter; wretch, rascal, knave
faquir: fakir (all meanings)
far: far breton
far breton: far breton
far niente: obsolete spelling of farniente
far-niente: obsolete spelling of farniente
farad: farad
faraday: faraday
faradique: faradic
faradisation: faradization
faramineux: colossal, staggering, incredible
farandole: farandole (chain dance of Provençal origin); assortment
faraud: smug or proud of one's appearance or clothing
farce: stuffing; farce; prank, joke
farce ou friandise: trick or treat
farces et attrapes: jokes and novelties, items for use in practical jokes
farceur: joker; trickster; prankster, jokester; actor who plays in a farce
farcin: farcy
farcineux: farcinous
farcir: to stuff; to put stuffing in something; to stuff something down or have something stuffed down one's throat or to be force fed; to get saddled with; to have to put up with
farcisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of farcir
fard: make-up; deception
fard à paupières: eye shadow
farde: file (stationery to keep documents together), binder, folder
fardeau: burden; load; a worry or trouble
fardeau de l'homme blanc: white man's burden
farder: to disguise; to make up or paint (the face); to represent in a false light; to augment with falsehoods or affectations
farder: to weigh heavily; to be burdensome; to settle or sink downwards
fardier: trolley, dray
fardé: disguised; made up (i.e. with make-up)
fare: A tradition of going fishing as part of celebrating the fishing festival, typically held around May, banned in 1679 to conserve freshwater fish populations.
fare: Of a saltworks, a reservoir around the perimeter, forming the compartment of a series of heating pools.
fare: A traditional Polynesian house.
farfadet: elf, leprechaun (or similar small demon); red sprite
farfelu: eccentric, scatty; ridiculous, harebrained
farfouiller: to rummage around
faribole: nonsense, poppycock
fariboler: to fool about; mess around
farigoule: synonym of thym (aromatic herb used in cooking)
farinacé: farinaceous
farine: flour, specifically wheat flour; feed, animal food
farine de poisson: fishmeal (ground dried fish)
fariner: to flour (to apply flour to something)
farineux: floury, mealy
farinier: miller; flour merchant
farmer: to farm (in video games)
farniente: dolce far niente, sweet idleness
farnésol: farnesol
farouche: wild, shy of humans; shy, unsociable, retiring, hesitant; distant, unapproachable; stubborn, intransigent; savage, dangerous, fierce
farouchement: fiercely, strongly, bitterly, doggedly, rabidly