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fatras

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French

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from Latin fartūrās, accusative feminine plural of fartūrus, future active participle of farciō (“to cram”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fa.tʁa/ ~ /fa.tʁɑ/

Noun

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fatras m (invariable)

  1. jumble, hodgepodge
    • 2018, Constance Debré, chapter 3, in Play boy, Paris: Stock, →ISBN, part 3, page 145:
      Je ne veux rien savoir du chagrin, de l'amour, de l'ennui, je ne veux rien savoir de ces choses-là, de tout ce fatras ordinaire et abscons.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: fatra

Further reading

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