also: ファース
Refers to the theatrical genre of farce, a comedy with exaggerated situations and physical humor. Borrowed from French.
from French
This play contains many elements of classical farce.
The theater troupe performed a classic farce.
I stuffed the peppers with the filling and baked them.
You mix meat and vegetables to make the stuffing.
悲劇 (tragedy) is the dramatic opposite of ファルス (farce) as a theatrical genre.
ファルシ refers to the stuffed dish itself (e.g. stuffed vegetables), while ファルス refers specifically to the stuffing mixture used to fill it.
curtain; stage curtain; screen · act in a play; act; counter for acts · falling of the curtain; end of a scene · end; close; conclusion · one's place; one's turn; role to play; occasion for involvement · makuuchi; top sumo division
Standard katakana loanword spelling from French 'farce'. The reading ファース is a less common variant.
Alternate katakana spelling; less common than ファルス.
Borrowed from French 'farce', originally meaning stuffing or forcemeat, and later extended to the theatrical genre. The culinary sense retains the original meaning.