traf

traf (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of traffic. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• RTFA, frat, raft, FART, fart, FRTA, tarf

• IPA^(key):
• Homophone: træf

traf

1. past of træffe

• IPA^(key): /tʁaːf/

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traf

1. first/third-person singular preterite of treffen

From Old Norse traf, a neuter back-formation from the formerly feminine singular Old Norse trǫf, which later evolved into a neuter plural. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trabō.

• IPA^(key): /tʰraːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

traf n (genitive singular trafs, nominative plural tröf)

1. fringe (decorative border on a garment, etc.)
2. linen handkerchief
3. bandage, wrapping

• (fringe): kögur

• frat

Neuter back-formation from trǫf, which was formerly a feminine singular that was later taken to be a neuter plural. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trabō.

traf n

1. fringe (decorative border)

• Icelandic: traf

• IPA^(key): /traf/

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• Rhymes: -af
• Syllabification: traf
• Homophone: traw

Deverbal from trafić.

traf m inan

1. coincidence, chance

   Synonyms: przypadek, zbieg okoliczności

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

traf

1. second-person singular imperative of trafić

• traf in Polish dictionaries at PWN