gif

See also: .gif, GIF, and Gif

English

Pronunciation

• see GIF

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Noun

gif (plural gifs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF

Verb

gif (third-person singular simple present gifs, present participle gifing, simple past and past participle gifed)

1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF

Anagrams

• FGI, Fig, GFI, IGF, fig, fig.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χəf/

Etymology 1

From Dutch gif, from earlier gift, from Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun

gif (plural giwwe or gifte, diminutive giffie)

1. poison; a poisonous substance

Derived terms

• giftig
• vergif

Etymology 2

From Dutch gift, from Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Same etymology as above, but the two variants gradually acquired different meanings in modern Dutch.

Noun

gif (plural gifte)

1. gift; present

Synonyms

• geskenk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɪf/
• Hyphenation: gif
• Rhymes: -ɪf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

The word gift derives from the same source, and the words were not formally distinguished until early modern Dutch.

Noun

gif n (plural giffen, diminutive gifje n)

1. poison, venom, toxin

Synonyms

• (poison): vergif, venijn, gift

Derived terms

• gifbeker
• gifmenger
• gifmoord
• giftand
• giftig
• tegengif
• vergiftigen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gif
• Negerhollands: gift

Etymology 2

Noun

gif m (plural giffen, diminutive gifje n)

1. (computing) GIF (image format)

Gothic

Romanization

gif

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐍆

Old English

Alternative forms

• gyf, gyfe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jabē, *jabu, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”) with anomalous apocope. The expected form is attested once as ġyfe in the early 7th-century Law of Æthelberht, if not simply a scribal error.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jif/

Conjunction

ġif

1. if
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"

     ...ac hi ge-eacniacð heora wita, gif hi ær ende ne cyrrað.

     ...but they add to their punishments, if they turn not before the end..

Derived terms

• ēalā ġif
• hwæt ġif

Descendants

• Middle English: if, yif, yef
  • English: if, yif
  • Scots: gif, gyf, gin
  • Yola: yith, if

Spanish

Noun

gif m (plural gifs)

1. GIF

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

gif

1. imperative of gifva

Anagrams

• fig.