tif

tif (plural tifs)

1. Abbreviation of TIFF.

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

tif

1. pumice

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• IPA^(key): /tif/

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tif m (plural tifs)

1. (colloquial) hair

   Synonyms: cheveu, poil

   se couper les tifs ― get a haircut

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

Perhaps from French tube.

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

tîf m

1. inner tube

Deverbal from tifa (“to tick”).

• IPA^(key): /tʰɪːv/
• Rhymes: -ɪːv

tif n (genitive singular tifs, no plural)

1. ticking, the act or process of ticking

tif

1. alternative spelling of tiff

tif

1. scent

Borrowed from English thief.

• IPA^(key): /tif/

tif (nominative plural tifs)

1. theft

• tifan
• tifön

tif

1. chief

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