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taff
English
Etymology
Shortened from Taffy, from Welsh Dafydd (“David”).
Pronunciation
Noun
taff (plural taffs)
- (slang) A Welshman.
Anagrams
- FATF, FTFA
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taf/
- Rhymes: -af
Noun
taff m (plural taffs)
- (slang) Alternative form of taf
German
Alternative forms
- tough
Etymology
Originally from Yiddish ????? (tof), from Hebrew ????? (tov, “good”). Modern usage is from English tough, influenced by preexisting German tapfer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taf/
Adjective
taff (comparative taffer, superlative am taffsten)
- (colloquial) tough; robust; assertive and not overly sensitive
- Enrique Iglesias über seine Lebensgefährtin: “Ich wünschte, ich wäre nur halb so taff und kämpferisch.”
Declension
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faff
English
Etymology
From a dialect word meaning "blow in gusts".
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /faf/, /fæf/
- Rhymes: -æf
Noun
faff (plural faffs)
- (Britain, slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nuisance
- (typically in the phrase 'in a faff') A state of confused or frantic activity.
- Synonym: flap
Verb
faff (third-person singular simple present faffs, present participle faffing, simple past and past participle faffed)
- (Britain, slang) To waste time on an unproductive activity.
- Synonyms: arse around, (American) dick around
Usage notes
- Particularly used with about or around.
Cimbrian
Etymology 1
From Middle High German pfaffe, from Old High German pfaffo, phapho, from Latin papa, from Byzantine Greek ????? (papâs), from Koine Greek ????? (pápas), from Ancient Greek ?????? (páppas). Cognate to German Pfaffe, Dutch paap. Doublet of baabost.
Noun
faff m (plural faffen)
- (Luserna, Sette Comuni) priest
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
faff ?
- (Luserna) lily (flower)
References
- “faff” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
- “faff” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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