tofelemoon

Dutch

Alternative forms

• toffelemoon

Etymology

From Yiddish תּיפֿלה (tifle) + אמונה (emune).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtoː.fə.ləˈmoːn/

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• Hyphenation: to‧fe‧le‧moon
• Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

tofelemoon m (plural tofelemonen, diminutive tofelemoontje n)

1. (Netherlands, derogatory, slang) Roman Catholic

Adjective

tofelemoon (not comparable)

1. (Netherlands, derogatory, slang) Roman Catholic

Inflection

Declension of tofelemoon
uninflected	tofelemoon
inflected	tofelemone
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		tofelemoon
indefinite	m./f. sing.	tofelemone
	n. sing.	tofelemoon
	plural	tofelemone
definite		tofelemone
partitive		tofelemoons

Derived terms

• neo-tofelemoon