gif

See also: .gif, GIF, and Gif

English

Noun

gif (plural gifs)

Alternative letter-case form of GIF.
- 2020 June 9, Yoko Wakatsuki, Eric Cheung and Jack Guy, “Japanese broadcaster takes down controversial Black Lives Matter anime”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  Naomi Osaka, a Japanese professional tennis player, also responded to the NHK post with a popular gif of “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey expressing bewilderment.

Verb

gif (third-person singular simple present gifs, present participle gifing, simple past and past participle gifed)

Alternative letter-case form of GIF.

Anagrams

FGI, Fig, GFI, IGF, fig, fig.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /χəf/

Etymology 1

From Dutch gif, from earlier gift, from Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun

gif (plural giwwe or gifte, diminutive giffie)

poison; a poisonous substance

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch gift, from Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Same etymology as above, but the two variants gradually acquired different meanings in modern Dutch.

Noun

gif (plural gifte)

gift; present

Synonyms

geskenk

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣɪf/
Hyphenation: gif
Rhymes: -ɪf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht, from Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

The word gift derives from the same source, and the words were not formally distinguished until early modern Dutch.

Noun

gif n (plural giffen, diminutive gifje n)

poison, venom, toxin

Synonyms

(poison): vergif, venijn, gift, vergift

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: gif
Negerhollands: gift

Etymology 2

Noun

gif m (plural gifs, diminutive gifje n)

(computing) GIF (image format)

Gothic

Romanization

gif

romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐍆

Old English

Alternative forms

gyf, gyfe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jabē, *jabu, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”) with anomalous apocope. The expected form is attested once as ġyfe in the early 7th-century Law of Æthelberht, if not simply a scribal error.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jif/

Conjunction

ġif

if
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
  ...ac hī ġeēacniacð heora wīta, ġif hī ǣr ende ne ċyrrað.
  ...but they add to their punishments, if they turn not before the end..

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: if, yif, yef
- English: if, yif
- Scots: gif, gyf, gin
- Yola: yith, if

Spanish

Noun

gif m (plural gifs)

GIF

Swedish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

gif

imperative of gifva

Anagrams

fig.