noun, masculine/ka.faʁ/plural: cafards
hypocrite; tattletale, informant, rat; cockroach; depression, melancholy
“avoir le cafard” — to feel blue
Synonyms: bigot, hypocrite, blatte, cancrelat, coquerelle, ravet, bourdon, mélancolie
Francized form of Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”).