paf
Esperanto
editEtymology
editBack-formation from pafi.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editpaf
- (onomatopoeia) A noise of firing, explosion, crash, etc.
French
editEtymology
edit- Interjection: onomatopoeia
- Adjective: from paffé, past participle of paffer (to consume excessively)
- Noun: uncertain
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editpaf !
- onomatopoeia for the noise caused by a fall or a blow
- Paf ! Le livre est tombé à terre !
- Whack! The book fell on the ground.
Adjective
editpaf (invariable)
Noun
editpaf m (plural pafs)
Further reading
edit- “paf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editEtymology
editInterjection
editpaf
Spanish
editInterjection
editpaf
- bang!
Further reading
edit- “paf”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Volapük
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpaf (nominative plural pafs)
Declension
editdeclension of paf
Hyponyms
edit- hipaf (“peacock, male peafowl”)
- jipaf (“peahen, female peafowl”)
- pafül (“peachick, peafowl offspring”)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
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