mafia

See also: Mafia and máfia

English

Etymology

See Mafia. The sense "entity which attempts to control a specified arena" makes an analogy to crime-syndicate mafias' attempts to control certain kinds of business in the regions in which they exist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑfi.ə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmæfi.ə/

Noun

mafia (plural mafias)

1. A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
2. A crime syndicate.
3. A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.
4. (in compound terms such as "moral mafia") An entity which attempts to control a specified arena.

   the digital mafia

   the literary mafia

Translations

a crime syndicate

• Albanian: mafia
• Arabic: مَافِيَا f (māfiyā)
• Armenian: մաֆիա (hy) (mafia)
• Azerbaijani: mafia
• Belarusian: ма́фія f (máfija)
• Bulgarian: ма́фия (bg) f (máfija)
• Catalan: màfia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑手黨／黑手党 (zh) (hēishǒudǎng), 黑手党 (zh) (hēishǒudǎng), 秘密政黨／秘密政党 (mìmì zhèngdǎng), 秘密政党 (mìmì zhèngdǎng), 秘密集團／秘密集团 (mìmì jítuán), 秘密集团 (mìmì jítuán)

• Czech: mafie f
• Danish: mafia
• Dutch: maffia (nl) m
• Estonian: maffia
• Finnish: mafia (fi)
• French: mafia (fr) f
• Galician: mafia (gl) f
• Georgian: მაფია (mapia)
• German: Mafia (de) f
• Greek: μαφία (el) f (mafía)
• Hebrew: מַפִיָה (he) f (mafiya)
• Hindi: माफ़िया m (māfiyā)
• Hungarian: maffia (hu)
• Italian: mafia (it) f
• Japanese: マフィア (mafia), 秘密集団 (ひみつしゅうだん, himitsu shūdan), (Japanese mafia) やくざ (ja) (yakuza), 黒手党 (こくしゅとう, kokushutō)
• Kazakh: мафия (mafiä)
• Korean: 마피아 (ko) (mapia)
• Kyrgyz: мафия (mafiya)
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• Latvian: mafija f
• Lithuanian: mafija (lt) f
• Macedonian: мафија f (mafija)
• Mongolian: мафи (mn) (mafi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mafia

• Persian: مافیا (fa) (mâfyâ)
• Polish: mafia (pl) f
• Portuguese: máfia (pt) f
• Romanian: mafie (ro) f
• Russian: ма́фия (ru) f (máfija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мафија f

  Roman: mafija (sh) f

• Slovak: mafia f
• Slovene: mafija (sl) f
• Spanish: mafia (es) f
• Swedish: maffia (sv)
• Tagalog: mafia
• Tajik: мафия (mafiya)
• Thai: มาเฟีย (maa-fiia)
• Turkish: mafya (tr)
• Turkmen: mafiýa
• Ukrainian: ма́фія f (máfija)
• Urdu: مافیا m (māfiyā)
• Uzbek: mafiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: xã hội đen

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mafia.

Noun

mafia c (singular definite mafiaen, plural indefinite mafiaer)

1. A mafia.

Inflection

Declension of mafia

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mafia	mafiaen	mafiaer	mafiaerne
genitive	mafias	mafiaens	mafiaers	mafiaernes

Derived terms

• mafiafamilie

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Finnish

Noun

mafia

1. mafia

Declension

Inflection of mafia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		mafia	mafiat
genitive		mafian	mafioiden mafioitten
partitive		mafiaa	mafioita
illative		mafiaan	mafioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mafia	mafiat
accusative	nom.	mafia	mafiat
	gen.	mafian
genitive		mafian	mafioiden mafioitten mafiain rare
partitive		mafiaa	mafioita
inessive		mafiassa	mafioissa
elative		mafiasta	mafioista
illative		mafiaan	mafioihin
adessive		mafialla	mafioilla
ablative		mafialta	mafioilta
allative		mafialle	mafioille
essive		mafiana	mafioina
translative		mafiaksi	mafioiksi
abessive		mafiatta	mafioitta
instructive		—	mafioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mafia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mafiani mafiani accusative nom. mafiani mafiani gen. mafiani genitive mafiani mafioideni mafioitteni mafiaini rare partitive mafiaani mafioitani inessive mafiassani mafioissani elative mafiastani mafioistani illative mafiaani mafioihini adessive mafiallani mafioillani ablative mafialtani mafioiltani allative mafialleni mafioilleni essive mafianani mafioinani translative mafiakseni mafioikseni abessive mafiattani mafioittani instructive — — comitative — mafioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mafiasi mafiasi accusative nom. mafiasi mafiasi gen. mafiasi genitive mafiasi mafioidesi mafioittesi mafiaisi rare partitive mafiaasi mafioitasi inessive mafiassasi mafioissasi elative mafiastasi mafioistasi illative mafiaasi mafioihisi adessive mafiallasi mafioillasi ablative mafialtasi mafioiltasi allative mafiallesi mafioillesi essive mafianasi mafioinasi translative mafiaksesi mafioiksesi abessive mafiattasi mafioittasi instructive — — comitative — mafioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mafiamme mafiamme accusative nom. mafiamme mafiamme gen. mafiamme genitive mafiamme mafioidemme mafioittemme mafiaimme rare partitive mafiaamme mafioitamme inessive mafiassamme mafioissamme elative mafiastamme mafioistamme illative mafiaamme mafioihimme adessive mafiallamme mafioillamme ablative mafialtamme mafioiltamme allative mafiallemme mafioillemme essive mafianamme mafioinamme translative mafiaksemme mafioiksemme abessive mafiattamme mafioittamme instructive — — comitative — mafioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mafianne mafianne accusative nom. mafianne mafianne gen. mafianne genitive mafianne mafioidenne mafioittenne mafiainne rare partitive mafiaanne mafioitanne inessive mafiassanne mafioissanne elative mafiastanne mafioistanne illative mafiaanne mafioihinne adessive mafiallanne mafioillanne ablative mafialtanne mafioiltanne allative mafiallenne mafioillenne essive mafiananne mafioinanne translative mafiaksenne mafioiksenne abessive mafiattanne mafioittanne instructive — — comitative — mafioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mafiansa mafiansa accusative nom. mafiansa mafiansa gen. mafiansa genitive mafiansa mafioidensa mafioittensa mafiainsa rare partitive mafiaansa mafioitaan mafioitansa inessive mafiassaan mafiassansa mafioissaan mafioissansa elative mafiastaan mafiastansa mafioistaan mafioistansa illative mafiaansa mafioihinsa adessive mafiallaan mafiallansa mafioillaan mafioillansa ablative mafialtaan mafialtansa mafioiltaan mafioiltansa allative mafialleen mafiallensa mafioilleen mafioillensa essive mafianaan mafianansa mafioinaan mafioinansa translative mafiakseen mafiaksensa mafioikseen mafioiksensa abessive mafiattaan mafiattansa mafioittaan mafioittansa instructive — — comitative — mafioineen mafioinensa

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French

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. The Mafia

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mafia.

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. Mafia (Italian Mafia)
2. Mafia (any criminal organisation)

Synonyms

• (criminal organisation): cartel

Derived terms

• mafioso

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Italian

Etymology

From Sicilian, of uncertain origin. Most likely from Arabic مَاجَاس (mājās, “bragging, boasting, aggressive”), though French mafler (“to devour, gluttonize”) is considered another possible source.

Noun

mafia f (plural mafie)

1. The Mafia (International organized crime organization)
2. mafia (Individual branch)
3. arrogance

Derived terms

• mafioso

Descendants

• → German: Mafia

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mafia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmafja/ [ˈma.fja]

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. Mafia (Italian Mafia)
2. Mafia (any criminal organization)

   Synonym: cartel

Derived terms

• antimafia
• mafioso

Further reading

• “mafia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014