tifo

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

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.

• Foti, OTIF, TOFI, tofi

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

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

tifo m (plural tifi)

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

• tifoso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tifo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tifare

• -fito, Foti, fito-, tofi

• typho (obsolete)

From Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

• Rhymes: -ifu

tifo m (plural tifos)

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

• tifoide

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

tifo m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of tifus

• “tifo”, 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

Borrowed from Italian tifo. First attested in 1997.

tifo n

1. (sports) tifo

• tifo in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.fo]

tifo

1. to tap palm trees for sap

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

From Ottoman Turkish توفو (tifo), from Greek τύφος (týfos).

tifo (definite accusative tifoyu, uncountable)

1. typhoid fever

• karahumma