tifo

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English

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A tifo in Belgium

Etymology

From Italian.

Noun

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.

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tifo m (plural tifi)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tifo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tifare

Anagrams

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

tifo m (plural tifos)

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

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtifo/
  • Rhymes: -ifo
  • Syllabification: ti‧fo

Noun

tifo m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of tifus

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tifo. First attested in 1997.

Noun

tifo n

  1. (sports) tifo

Declension

Declension of tifo
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tifo tifos
definite tifot tifots
plural indefinite tifon tifons
definite tifona tifonas

Further reading

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

tifo

  1. to tap palm trees for sap

Conjugation

Conjugation of tifo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totifo fotifo mitifo
2nd notifo nitifo
3rd Masculine otifo itifo, yotifo†
Feminine motifo
Neuter itifo
† - archaic

References

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

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

tifo (definite accusative tifoyu, uncountable)

  1. typhoid fever

Synonyms

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