| Arabic | farfur | butterfly |
| Arabic: Eg. | farfar | to flutter (wings) |
| Arabic | farfara | to shake, agitate |
| Arabic | farfar | light, elfish |
| Franç.arg. | far-far | vite (prob. emprunt à l'ar.) |
| Skr. | pharpharàyati | to bustle around |
| Kurde | fyrfyré | absent minded |
| Nubie | furfure | bird |
| Eth. | ferfert | bird |
| Berb. | ferfer | to flutter |
| Berb. | farfare | butterfly |
| Pers.: Sangesari | ferfer | rustling |
| Pers.: Sangesari | parpar | flutters |
| Pers.: Kerman | farfur | small bird |
| Pers. | furfur | House Sparrow, 410 |
| Ital.: Sard. | furfurinu et var. | id. |
| Ital.: Sard. | furfur | bird |
| Lat. | furfurio | bird |
| Prov. | fourfour | turbulent child |
| Ital.: Sard. | furfure | bran: the light, partly ground husk of wheat |
| Lat. | furfur | id. |
| Ital.: Sorso (Sard.) | fuyfarru | id. |
| Ital.: Corse | fólfarra | pellicle |
| Engl. | fluffy | downy; downy particles (not "flue and puff") |
| Basque | farfara | imitation of a bird in flight |
| Span. | furfurino, alfarfero | Dunnock, 408; pipits, 305-307 |
| Ital. | fafarina | butterfly (farinel by attraction of farina) |
| Span.: Nav. | fanfarrón | Chiffchaff, 385 |
| Franç. | fanfaron | braggart |
| Franç. | fanfare | musical air; flourish; ornate (book binding) |
| Engl. | fanfare | flourish; music band |
| Franç. | fanfelue | trinket |
| Ital.: Como | fanfola | twaddle |
| Franç.: Dôle | fanfiole | libellule |
| Franç.: Périg. | finfourlas | atours, FEW 21: 540 |
| Franç. | fanfreluches | frills (also 6.2.16) |
| Span. | alfarfero | Tree Pipit, 307 |
| Ital.: Sard. | farfarroni | pipits, 305-307 |
| Ital.: Sic. | farfareddu | turbulent |
| Ital. | farfarello | elf |
| Prov.: Alpes-Mar. | farfaricous | phosphorescent, FEW 21: 183 |
| Alb. | farfurí | scintillating |