Taft

See also: taft

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tăft, IPA^(key): /tæft/

Proper noun

Taft (countable and uncountable, plural Tafts)

1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Kern County, California, named after William Howard Taft, as are some other places.
   2. A census-designated place in Orange County, Florida.
   3. A census-designated place and industrial area in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
   4. An unincorporated community in Grand Lake Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
   5. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri.
   6. A locality in Mineral County, Montana.
   7. A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
   8. A community in Lincoln City, Lincoln County, Oregon.
   9. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
   10. A city in San Patricio County, Texas.
   11. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Virginia.
   12. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
3. A municipality in Eastern Samar, Philippines, named after William Howard Taft, who was Governor General of the Philippines.

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From English Taft.

Proper noun

Taft

1. a surname from English

Etymology 2

After William Howard Taft.

Proper noun

Taft

1. A municipality of Eastern Samar

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Taft m (strong, genitive Taftes or Tafts, plural Tafte)

1. taffeta

Declension

Declension of Taft [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Taft	die	Tafte
genitive	eines	des	Taftes, Tafts	der	Tafte
dative	einem	dem	Taft, Tafte1	den	Taften
accusative	einen	den	Taft	die	Tafte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• taften