tifo

See also: tifò

English

A tifo in Belgium

Etymology

From Italian.

Noun

tifo (plural tifos)

1. (sports) A form of choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium, where they make a large-scale pattern or picture by holding up, or wearing, various materials.

Anagrams

• Foti, OTIF, TOFI, tofi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.fo/
• Rhymes: -ifo
• Hyphenation: tì‧fo

Etymology 1

From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Noun

tifo m (plural tifi)

1. (pathology) typhus
2. (sports) (excessive) enthusiasm; hence fan

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fare il tifo
• tifo addominale
• tifo endemico
• tifo esantematico
• tifo itteroide
• tifo sportivo

Related terms

• tifoso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tifo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tifare

Anagrams

• -fito, Foti, fito-, tofi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• typho (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.fu/

Noun

tifo m (plural tifos)

1. (pathology) typhus (disease characterised by high recurrent fever)

Derived terms

• tifoide

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtifo/ [ˈt̪i.fo]
• Rhymes: -ifo
• Syllabification: ti‧fo

Noun

tifo m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tifus

Further reading

• “tifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tifo. First attested in 1997.

Noun

tifo n

1. (sports) tifo

Declension

Declension of tifo
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tifo	tifot	tifon	tifona
Genitive	tifos	tifots	tifons	tifonas

Further reading

• tifo in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.fo]

Verb

tifo

1. to tap palm trees for sap

Conjugation

Conjugation of tifo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totifo	fotifo	mitifo
2nd	notifo	nitifo
3rd	Masculine	otifo	itifo, yotifo†
Feminine	motifo
Neuter	itifo
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish توفو (tifo), from Greek τύφος (týfos).

Noun

tifo (definite accusative tifoyu, uncountable)

1. typhoid fever

Synonyms

• karahumma