taff

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English

Etymology

Shortened from Taffy, from Dafydd.

Pronunciation

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Noun

taff (plural taffs)

  1. (slang) A Welshman.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

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

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