paf
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from pafi.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
paf
- (onomatopoeia) A noise of firing, explosion, crash, etc.
French edit
Etymology edit
- Interjection: onomatopoeia
- Adjective: from paffé, past participle of paffer (to consume excessively)
- Noun: uncertain
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
paf !
- 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 edit
paf (invariable)
Noun edit
paf m (plural pafs)
Further reading edit
- “paf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Interjection edit
paf
Spanish edit
Interjection edit
paf
- bang!
Further reading edit
- “paf”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Volapük edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paf (nominative plural pafs)
Declension edit
declension of paf
Hyponyms edit
- hipaf (“peacock, male peafowl”)
- jipaf (“peahen, female peafowl”)
- pafül (“peachick, peafowl offspring”)