paf
Translingual
Symbol
paf
Esperanto
Etymology
Back-formation from pafi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paf/
- Rhymes: -af
- Hyphenation: paf
Interjection
paf
French
Etymology
- Interjection: onomatopoeia
- Adjective: from paffé, past participle of paffer (to consume excessively)
- Noun: uncertain
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paf/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -af
Interjection
paf !
- onomatopoeia for the noise caused by a fall or a blow
- Paf ! Le livre est tombé à terre !
- Whack! The book fell on the ground.
Adjective
paf (invariable)
Noun
paf m (plural pafs)
Further reading
- “paf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
paf
Spanish
Interjection
paf
- bang!
Further reading
- “paf”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [paf]
Noun
paf (nominative plural pafs)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | paf | pafs |
genitive | pafa | pafas |
dative | pafe | pafes |
accusative | pafi | pafis |
vocative 1 | o paf! | o pafs! |
predicative 2 | pafu | pafus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Hyponyms
- hipaf (“peacock, male peafowl”)
- jipaf (“peahen, female peafowl”)
- pafül (“peachick, peafowl offspring”)
Derived terms
- pafablöv
- pafablövik
- pafaflitäm
- pafalog
- pafamit
- pafanäst
- pafanög
- pafapab
- pafapijun
- pafapijunül
- pafaplüm
- pafaplümem
- pafatron
- pafik
- pafil
- paföp
- sipaf