iff

See also: IFF

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Ifo with f as a placeholder.

Symbol

iff

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ifo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ifo terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

"if and only if"

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪf ən(d) ˈəʊn.li ɪf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪf ən(d) ˈoʊn.li ɪf/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Conjunction

iff

1. (mathematics, logic) Abbreviation of if and only if.

   A rectangle is a square iff all four of its sides have the same length.

Related terms

• if

Translations

abbreviation of if and only if

Danish: hviss Dutch: desda Finnish: joss (fi) French: ssi (fr) German: gdw. Hebrew: אםם (he) Hungarian: acsa Norwegian: hviss (no) Polish: wtw Portuguese: sse, sss Romanian: ddacă Russian: титтк (tittk) Spanish: sii Swedish: omm (sv)

Etymology 2

Conjunction

iff

1. Obsolete spelling of if.
   • 1565, Thomas Stapleton, A Fortreſſe of the Faith &c., Ihon Laet, the 2. part. 112:

     For iff the patient be aſhamed to diſcloſe hiſ wounde to the phyſician which knoweth it not , phyſicke can not helpe him.

Anagrams

• FFI, FIF, Fif.

Tarifit

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Verb

iff (verbal noun tifet, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⴼ)

1. (intransitive) to surpass, to be better, to be worth more

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Compare Northern Saharan Berber iff (“udder”).

Noun

iff m (plural iffan, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⴼ)

1. nipple
2. udder

   Synonyms: abbuc, tinɣi

   Iteẓẓi iffan n tfunast. ― He's milking the udders of the cow.