gif

See also: GIF and Gif

English

Pronunciation

• see GIF

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Noun

gif (plural gifs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF

Verb

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

1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF

Anagrams

• FGI, Fig, GFI, IGF, fig, fig.

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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)

1. poison; a poisonous substance

Derived terms

• giftig
• vergif

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)

1. gift; present

Synonyms

• geskenk

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, 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)

1. poison, venom, toxin

Synonyms

• (poison): vergif, venijn, gift

Derived terms

• gifbeker
• gifmenger
• gifmoord
• giftand
• giftig
• tegengif
• vergiftigen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gif

Etymology 2

Noun

gif m (plural giffen, diminutive gifje n)

1. (computing) GIF (image format)

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Gothic

Romanization

gif

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐍆

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), from Proto-Indo-European *i-. Akin to Old Frisian ief, ef, gef, Old Saxon ef, of, Old Dutch of (Dutch of), Old High German ibu, oba (German ob), Old Norse ef, if (possibly Swedish om), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 (jabai). Also Old High German iba (“doubt, condition”), Icelandic efi, ef, ifi, if (“doubt”). Possibly also Swedish jäv and Albanian po (“if, affirmative utterance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jif/

Conjunction

ġif

1. if, whether

Derived terms

• ēalā ġif

Descendants

• English: if, yif
• Scots: gin

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Spanish

Noun

gif m (plural gifs)

1. GIF

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

gif

1. imperative of gifva.

Anagrams

• fig.