caff
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æf
Noun
caff (plural caffs)
Middle English
Noun
caff
- Alternative form of chaf
Scots
Etymology 1
From Middle English calf (“young cow”).
Noun
caff
- Alternative form of cauf (“calf (young cow)”)
Etymology 2
From Middle English caf, caff, kaf, kaff, alternative forms of chaf, from Old English ċeaf, *cæf, from Proto-Germanic *kafą.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
caff (uncountable)
References
- “caff, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 15 February 2019, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
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