tif

See also: TIF

English

Noun

tif (plural tifs)

1. Short for TIFF.

Antillean Creole

Noun

tif

1. pumice

French

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tif/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

tif m (plural tifs)

1. (colloquial) hair

   Synonyms: cheveu, poil

   se couper les tifs ― get a haircut

Further reading

• “tif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hausa

Etymology

Perhaps from French tube.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tîf/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tɪ̂ɸ]

Noun

tîf m

1. inner tube

Icelandic

Etymology

From tifa (“to tick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɪːv/
• Rhymes: -ɪːv

Noun

tif n (genitive singular tifs, no plural)

1. ticking, the act or process of ticking

Declension

declension of tif

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tif	tifið
accusative	tif	tifið
dative	tifi	tifinu
genitive	tifs	tifsins

Nigerian Pidgin

Noun

tif

1. Alternative spelling of tiff

Norn

Noun

tif

1. scent

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English thief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tif/

Noun

tif (nominative plural tifs)

1. theft

Declension

declension of tif

	singular	plural
nominative	tif	tifs
genitive	tifa	tifas
dative	tife	tifes
accusative	tifi	tifis
vocative 1	o tif!	o tifs!
predicative 2	tifu	tifus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• tifan
• tifön

Whitesands

Noun

tif

1. chief

References

• Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 69