tofus

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English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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tofus (plural tofi)

  1. Alternative form of tophus

Etymology 2

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Noun

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tofus

  1. plural of tofu

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Oscan, and possibly derived from Proto-Italic *tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell). See τύφη (plant for stuffing bolsters).

Noun

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tōfus m (genitive tōfī); second declension

  1. tuff (kind of rock)

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tōfus tōfī
Genitive tōfī tōfōrum
Dative tōfō tōfīs
Accusative tōfum tōfōs
Ablative tōfō tōfīs
Vocative tōfe tōfī

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: tou (soft)
  • French: tuf
  • Italian: tufo
  • Polish: tuf

References

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  • tofus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tofus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tofus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tophus.

Noun

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tofus n (plural tofusuri)

  1. tophus

Declension

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Swedish

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Noun

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tofus

  1. indefinite genitive singular of tofu