tif

See also: TIF

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Tifal.

Symbol

tif

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tifal.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tifal terms

English

Noun

tif (plural tifs)

1. Abbreviation of TIFF.

Anagrams

• ITF, 'fit, IFT, FIT, if't, FiT, fit, TFI

Antillean Creole

Noun

tif

1. pumice

French

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tif/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

tif m (plural tifs)

1. (colloquial) hair

   Synonyms: cheveu, poil

   se couper les tifs ― get a haircut

Further reading

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

Hausa

Etymology

Perhaps from French tube.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tîf/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tɪ̂ɸ]

Noun

tîf m

1. inner tube

Icelandic

Etymology

Deverbal from tifa (“to tick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɪːv/
• Rhymes: -ɪːv

Noun

tif n (genitive singular tifs, no plural)

1. ticking, the act or process of ticking

Declension

Declension of tif (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tif	tifið
accusative	tif	tifið
dative	tifi	tifinu
genitive	tifs	tifsins

Nigerian Pidgin

Noun

tif

1. alternative spelling of tiff

Norn

Noun

tif

1. scent

Tarifit

Verb

tif (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⴼ)

1. inflection of if:
   1. third-person feminine singular aorist
   2. third-person feminine singular perfective
   3. third-person feminine singular negative perfective

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

• tīf, tiif

Etymology

From Middle High German tief, from Old High German tiof, tiuf, from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).

Noun

tif n

1. deep

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English thief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tif/

Noun

tif (genitive tifa, plural tifs)

1. theft

Declension

Declension of tif

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tif	tifs
Genitive	tifa	tifas
Dative	tife	tifes
Accusative	tifi	tifis
Predicative1	tifu	tifus
Vocative	o tif	o tifs

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• tifan
• tifön

Whitesands

Noun

tif

1. chief

References

• Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 69