falbala

From French falbala.

falbala (plural falbalas)

1. A furbelow.

• furbelow

• falbelo

From Italian falda and/or Franco-Provençal farbello, both of Germanic origin, from Frankish *falþan (“to fold”).

• IPA^(key): /fal.ba.la/

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falbala m (plural falbalas)

1. furbelow (ruffle)
2. furbelow (flashy ornament)

• → Catalan: farbalà
• → English: falbala

• “falbala”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French falbala.

falbala f (plural falbalale)

1. falbala