tifo

See also: tifò

English

A tifo in Belgium

Etymology

From Italian.

Noun

tifo (plural tifos)

1. (sports) A form of choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium, where they make a large-scale pattern or picture by holding up, or wearing, various materials.

Anagrams

• Foti, OTIF, TOFI, tofi

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Italian

Etymology

From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.fo/
• Rhymes: -ifo
• Hyphenation: tì‧fo

Noun

tifo m (plural tifi)

1. (pathology) typhus
2. (sports) (excessive) enthusiasm; hence fan

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fare il tifo
• tifo addominale
• tifo endemico

• tifo esantematico
• tifo itteroide
• tifo sportivo

Related terms

• tifoso

Verb

tifo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tifare

Anagrams

• -fito, Foti, fito-, tofi

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• typho (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fu/

Noun

tifo m (plural tifos)

1. (pathology) typhus (disease characterised by high recurrent fever)

Derived terms

• tifoide

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtifo/ [ˈt̪i.fo]

Noun

tifo m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tifus

Further reading

• “tifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

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Swedish

Noun

tifo n

1. (sports) tifo

Declension

Declension of tifo

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tifo	tifos
	definite	tifot	tifots
plural	indefinite	tifon	tifons
	definite	tifona	tifonas

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.fo]

Verb

tifo

1. to tap palm trees for sap

Conjugation

Conjugation of tifo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totifo	fotifo	mitifo
2nd	notifo	nitifo
3rd	Masculine	otifo	itifo, yotifo†
Feminine	motifo
Neuter	itifo
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish توفو (tifo), from Greek τύφος (týfos).

Noun

tifo (definite accusative tifoyu, uncountable)

1. typhoid fever

Synonyms

• karahumma