tifo

See also: tifò

English

A tifo in Belgium

Etymology

From Italian, originally referring to the disease typhus but figuratively extended to refer to the fevered behaviour of football fans.

Noun

tifo (plural tifos)

1. (sports) A form of choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium, where they make a large-scale pattern or picture by holding up, or wearing, various materials.

Anagrams

• Foti, OTIF, TOFI, tofi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.fo/
• Rhymes: -ifo
• Hyphenation: tì‧fo

Etymology 1

From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Noun

tifo m (plural tifi)

1. (pathology) typhus
2. (sports) (excessive) enthusiasm; hence fan

Derived terms

• fare il tifo
• tifo addominale
• tifo endemico
• tifo esantematico
• tifo itteroide
• tifo sportivo

Related terms

• tifoso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tifo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tifare

Anagrams

• -fito, Foti, fito-, tofi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• typho (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.fu/

• Rhymes: -ifu

Noun

tifo m (plural tifos)

1. (pathology) typhus (disease characterised by high recurrent fever)

Derived terms

• tifoide

Further reading

• “tifo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tifo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtifo/ [ˈt̪i.fo]
• Rhymes: -ifo
• Syllabification: ti‧fo

Noun

tifo m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of tifus

Further reading

• “tifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tifo. First attested in 1997.

Noun

tifo n

1. (sports) tifo

Declension

Declension of tifo

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tifo	tifos
	definite	tifot	tifots
plural	indefinite	tifon	tifons
	definite	tifona	tifonas

Further reading

• “tifo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.fo]

Verb

tifo

1. to tap palm trees for sap

Conjugation

Conjugation of tifo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totifo	fotifo	mitifo
2nd person		notifo	nitifo
3rd person	masculine	otifo	itifo yotifo (archaic)
	feminine	motifo
	neuter	itifo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish توفو (tifo), from Greek τύφος (týfos). Doublet of tifüs (“typhus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈfo/

Noun

tifo (definite accusative tifoyu, uncountable)

1. typhoid fever, abdominal typhus, a disease by the a bacterium of the subspecies Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica

   Synonym: karahumma

Declension

Declension of tifo

singular plural nominative tifo — definite accusative tifoyu — dative tifoya — locative tifoda — ablative tifodan — genitive tifonun — Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular tifom tifolarım 2nd singular tifon tifoların 3rd singular tifosu tifoları 1st plural tifomuz tifolarımız 2nd plural tifonuz tifolarınız 3rd plural tifoları tifoları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular tifomu tifolarımı 2nd singular tifonu tifolarını 3rd singular tifosunu tifolarını 1st plural tifomuzu tifolarımızı 2nd plural tifonuzu tifolarınızı 3rd plural tifolarını tifolarını dative singular plural 1st singular tifoma tifolarıma 2nd singular tifona tifolarına 3rd singular tifosuna tifolarına 1st plural tifomuza tifolarımıza 2nd plural tifonuza tifolarınıza 3rd plural tifolarına tifolarına locative singular plural 1st singular tifomda tifolarımda 2nd singular tifonda tifolarında 3rd singular tifosunda tifolarında 1st plural tifomuzda tifolarımızda 2nd plural tifonuzda tifolarınızda 3rd plural tifolarında tifolarında ablative singular plural 1st singular tifomdan tifolarımdan 2nd singular tifondan tifolarından 3rd singular tifosundan tifolarından 1st plural tifomuzdan tifolarımızdan 2nd plural tifonuzdan tifolarınızdan 3rd plural tifolarından tifolarından genitive singular plural 1st singular tifomun tifolarımın 2nd singular tifonun tifolarının 3rd singular tifosunun tifolarının 1st plural tifomuzun tifolarımızın 2nd plural tifonuzun tifolarınızın 3rd plural tifolarının tifolarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular tifoyum — 2nd singular tifosun — 3rd singular tifo tifodur — 1st plural tifoyuz — 2nd plural tifosunuz — 3rd plural tifolar —

Related terms

• tifobasiloz
• tifomani

Further reading

• “tifo”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “tifo”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tifo”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4822
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tifo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük