taff

See also: Taff

English

Etymology

Shortened from Taffy, from Dafydd.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

taff (plural taffs)

  1. (slang) A Welshman.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taf/
  • Rhymes: -af

Noun

taff m (plural taffs)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of taf
    Je cherche un nouveau taff
    I’m looking for a new job.

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English tough. Perhaps influenced by older toff (good, cool, well-dressed), from Yiddish טובֿ (tof), from Hebrew טוֹב (tov, good). Compare Dutch tof and English toff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taf/
  • (file)

Adjective

taff (strong nominative masculine singular taffer, comparative taffer, superlative am taffsten)

  1. (colloquial) tough, robust, hard-bitten, assertive, socially apt and self-assured, quick-witted
    Enrique Iglesias über seine Lebensgefährtin: “Ich wünschte, ich wäre nur halb so taff und kämpferisch.”
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Declension

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