See also: tifò

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A tifo in Belgium

Etymology edit

From Italian.

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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.

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Pronunciation edit

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

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

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tifo m (plural tifi)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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tifo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tifare

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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

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tifo m (plural tifos)

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

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Pronunciation edit

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

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tifo m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of tifus

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian tifo. First attested in 1997.

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tifo n

  1. (sports) tifo

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

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tifo

  1. to tap palm trees for sap

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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 edit

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

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

tifo (definite accusative tifoyu, uncountable)

  1. typhoid fever

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