How do you say “mocking” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say chiflaire, chiflet, escara-miaire, galejaire, malicious, mouquet. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | chiflaire, chiflet, escara-miaire, galejaire, malicious, mouquet, trufaire, trufandié, trufareu, trufet |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
chiflaire
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | mocking; banterer |
chiflet
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | mocking, sardonic |
| Feminine | -eto |
escara-miaire
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | mocking |
galejaire
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | joker, prankster, mocker; jester; mocking; jeering |
| Feminine | galejarello |
| Variants | galejarello |
malicious
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | malicious, mocking |
mouquet
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | whooping cough, fine flour, syphilis; mocking, sheepish; skunk |
| Feminine | -eto |
trufaire
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | mocking |
trufandié
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | mocking, ironic |
| Feminine | -ero |
trufareu
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | bantering; facetious; mocking; mocker |
| Variants | trufarèu, trufaréu |
trufet
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | mocking; jeering |
| Feminine | -eto |