farfalla

Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian parpaglione, probably from Latin papilio (“butterfly”), cognate with Old French paveillon, Catalan papallo, Provençal parpalhos, Lombardic parpaja. Or, perhaps of phonosemantic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /farˈfal.la/, [fär̺ˈfäl̺l̺ä]
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Hyphenation: far‧fàl‧la

Noun

farfalla f (plural farfalle)

butterfly
bow tie
(chiefly in the plural) pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties
(swimming) the butterfly stroke
throttle valve, butterfly valve

See also

bruco m
falena f

References

farfalla in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
farfalla in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “farfalla”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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