maffia

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word maffia. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word maffia, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say maffia in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word maffia you have here. The definition of the word maffia will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmaffia, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Maffia

English

Noun

maffia (plural maffias)

  1. Dated form of mafia.

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian. Perhaps from Italian mafia (spirit of hostility to the law) or from Sicilian mafia (boldness, bravado). See the Wikipedia article for more discussion of the origin of the word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.fi.aː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: maf‧fia

Noun

maffia f or m (plural maffia's, diminutive maffiaatje n)

  1. mafia

Derived terms

French

Noun

maffia f (plural maffias)

  1. Alternative spelling of mafia

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

maffia (plural maffiák)

  1. mafia

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative maffia maffiák
accusative maffiát maffiákat
dative maffiának maffiáknak
instrumental maffiával maffiákkal
causal-final maffiáért maffiákért
translative maffiává maffiákká
terminative maffiáig maffiákig
essive-formal maffiaként maffiákként
essive-modal maffiául
inessive maffiában maffiákban
superessive maffián maffiákon
adessive maffiánál maffiáknál
illative maffiába maffiákba
sublative maffiára maffiákra
allative maffiához maffiákhoz
elative maffiából maffiákból
delative maffiáról maffiákról
ablative maffiától maffiáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
maffiáé maffiáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
maffiáéi maffiákéi
Possessive forms of maffia
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. maffiám maffiáim
2nd person sing. maffiád maffiáid
3rd person sing. maffiája maffiái
1st person plural maffiánk maffiáink
2nd person plural maffiátok maffiáitok
3rd person plural maffiájuk maffiáik

Further reading

  • maffia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maffia m (definite singular maffiaen, indefinite plural maffiaer, definite plural maffiaene)

  1. form removed by a 1987 spelling decision; superseded by mafia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maffia m (definite singular maffiaen, indefinite plural maffiaer or maffiaar, definite plural maffiaene or maffiaane)

  1. (pre-1987) alternative form of mafia

Swedish

Noun

maffia c

  1. a mafia

Declension

References