different between lbf vs lif

English

Etymology

See lb (“pound”).

Noun

lbf

1. pound-force (unit of force)

Anagrams

• LFB

English

Alternative forms

• lief

Noun

lif (uncountable)

1. The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.

Anagrams

• FIL, Fil-, fil

German Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [li?f]

Noun

lif n (genitive lives, dative live)

1. Alternative form of Lief

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English lift.

Noun

lîf m

1. elevator, lift

Middle English

Noun

lif

1. Alternative form of lyf
   • 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis:

     Sche preide unto the goddes so, / That sche receyveth al the wo / And deide hirself to give him lif.

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon l?f, from Proto-Germanic *l?b?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?f/

Noun

lîf n (genitive lives, dative live)

1. body
2. life

   Synonym: levend

3. (figuratively) belly, abdomen

   Synonym: buk

Descendants

• German Low German: Lif n, Lief n
• Plautdietsch: Läwen

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *l?b?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?f/

Noun

l?f n

1. life

Declension

Derived terms

• l?fl?as
• l?fl??
• l?fl??e

Descendants

• Middle English: lyf, lijf, life, live, leyfe
  • English: life
  • Scots: life, leif
  • Yola: lief

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?v

Noun

lif n

1. Obsolete spelling of liv

Declension

Anagrams

• fil, fil.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English life.

Noun

lif (nominative plural lifs)

1. life

Declension

Derived terms

Welsh

Noun

lif

1. Soft mutation of llif.

Mutation