different between mafia vs tafia

English

Etymology

See Mafia. The sense "entity which attempts to control a specified arena" makes an analogy to crime-syndicate mafias' attempts to control certain kinds of business in the regions in which they exist.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?fi.?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæfi.?/

Noun

mafia (plural mafias)

1. A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
2. A crime syndicate.
3. A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.
4. (in compound terms such as "moral mafia") An entity which attempts to control a specified arena.

   the digital mafia

   the literary mafia

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mafia.

Noun

mafia c (singular definite mafiaen, plural indefinite mafiaer)

1. A mafia.

Declension

Derived terms

• mafiafamilie

Finnish

Noun

mafia

1. mafia

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.fja/

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. The Mafia

Further reading

• “mafia” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mafia.

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. Mafia (Italian Mafia)
2. Mafia (any criminal organisation)

Synonyms

• (criminal organisation): cartel

Derived terms

• mafioso

Italian

Etymology

From Sicilian, of uncertain origin. Most likely from Arabic ???????? (m?j?s, “bragging, boasting, aggressive”), though French mafler (“to devour, gluttonize”) is considered another possible source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.fja/

Noun

mafia f (plural mafie)

1. The Mafia (International organized crime organization)
2. mafia (Individual branch)
3. arrogance

Derived terms

• mafioso
• mafiologo
• mafiosità

Descendants

• ? German: Mafia
• ? Turkish: mafya

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 1987) maffia

Noun

mafia m (definite singular mafiaen, indefinite plural mafiaer, definite plural mafiaene)

1. mafia, Mafia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 1987) maffia

Noun

mafia m (definite singular mafiaen, indefinite plural mafiaer or mafiaar, definite plural mafiaene or mafiaane)

1. mafia, Mafia

Polish

Etymology

From Italian mafia, from Sicilian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.f?a/

Noun

mafia f

1. mafia (crime syndicate)
2. mafia (trusted group of associates, as of a political leader)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) mafijny

Related terms

• (nouns) mafijno??, mafioso
• (adverb) mafijnie

Further reading

• mafia in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• mafia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mafia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mafja/, [?ma.fja]

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. Mafia (Italian Mafia)
2. Mafia (any criminal organization)

   Synonym: cartel

Derived terms

• antimafia
• mafioso

Further reading

• “mafia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Creole French, probably aphetic for ratafia, a cordial.

Noun

tafia (countable and uncountable, plural tafias)

1. (Caribbean) A variety of rum.

French

Noun

tafia f or m (plural tafias)

1. tafia

Spanish

Noun

tafia f or m (plural tafias)

1. tafia