falderol

Questions about falderol

What does falderol mean?

falderol means "ornamental objects of no great value".

How many syllables are in falderol?

falderol has 3 syllables: fal-de-rol. The stress falls on "fal".

What is another word for falderol?

Close synonyms include folderal, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is falderol a common word?

falderol is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.