different between taff vs taf

English

Etymology

Shortened from Taffy, from Welsh Dafydd (“David”).

Pronunciation

Noun

taff (plural taffs)

1. (slang) A Welshman.

Anagrams

• FATF, FTFA

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taf/
• Rhymes: -af

Noun

taff m (plural taffs)

1. (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)

1. (colloquial) tough; robust; assertive and not overly sensitive

   Enrique Iglesias über seine Lebensgefährtin: “Ich wünschte, ich wäre nur halb so taff und kämpferisch.”

Declension

English

Noun

taf (plural tafs)

1. Alternative form of taw (Semitic letter)

Anagrams

• AFT, ATF, FAT, FTA, TFA, aft, aft-, fat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taf/
• Rhymes: -af

Etymology 1

Probably onomatopoeic.

Noun

taf m (uncountable)

1. (dated slang) fear

Derived terms

• prendre son taf

Etymology 2

Acronym of travail à faire (“work to do”).

Alternative forms

• taff

Noun

taf m (plural tafs)

1. work
2. job

Derived terms

• taffer
• taffeur
• vélotaf

Etymology 3

Noun

taf f (plural tafs)

1. Alternative form of taffe (“a drag on a cigarette”)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• fat