tufo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French touffe.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈtufo]
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: tu‧fo

Noun

tufo (accusative singular tufon, plural tufoj, accusative plural tufojn)

1. tuft

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin tūfus, from tȳphus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo̝/

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. foul odor, stench

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *tofa, from tōfus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo̝/

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. (geology) tuff

Etymology 3

Probably from French or Old French touffe, this either from Late Latin tufus, from Proto-Germanic *þūbaz (whence English tuft), or from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz. Cognate with Spanish tojino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo̝/

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. punch (tool) used by blacksmiths to bore the wooden shafts of axes, etcetera
2. extreme of the axle that inserts into the wheel
3. spigot

Derived terms

• tufeira

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. flock of wool
2. small piece of cloth attached to a main one

References

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• “tufo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “tufo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tōfus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.fo/, [ˈt̪uːfo]
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: tù‧fo

Noun

tufo m (plural tufi)

1. tuff

Anagrams

• tofu

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French touffe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.fu/
• Hyphenation: tu‧fo

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. tuft (bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base)

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Spanish

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. foul odor, stench
2. bad breath
3. a wisp (of hair)