tifoso

English

Alternative forms

• (fan of an Italian team): tifosi

Etymology

Italian

Noun

tifoso (plural tifosi)

1. An Italian fan (of a sports club, etc.).
2. A fan of an Italian club or team, especially Scuderia Ferrari

Italian

Etymology

From tifo +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈfo.zo/, (traditional) /tiˈfo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: ti‧fó‧so

Adjective

tifoso (feminine tifosa, masculine plural tifosi, feminine plural tifose, superlative tifosissimo)

1. (relational) fan
2. (pathology) typhous, typhoid

Noun

tifoso m (plural tifosi, feminine tifosa)

1. fan (of a sports club etc.)

Derived terms

• tifoseria

Descendants

• → Chinese: 鐵佛寺／铁佛寺 (tiěfósì)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈfo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈfo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈfo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈfo.zu/

• Hyphenation: ti‧fo‧so

Adjective

tifoso (feminine tifosa, masculine plural tifosos, feminine plural tifosas, metaphonic)

1. (medicine) typhous (of or relating to typhus)

   Synonym: tifoide