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See also: Taff

English

Etymology

Shortened from Taffy, from Dafydd.

Pronunciation

Noun

taff (plural taffs)

  1. (slang) A Welshman.

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

taff m (plural taffs)

  1. (slang) alternative form of taf
    Je cherche un nouveau taff
    I’m looking for a new job.
    Si vous en avez marre du taff ou de l'école
    If you're fed up with work or school.
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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English tough. Perhaps influenced by older toff (good, cool, well-dressed), from Yiddish טובֿ (tof), from Hebrew טוֹב (tov, good). Compare Dutch tof and English toff. Doublet of zäh.

Pronunciation

Adjective

taff (strong nominative masculine singular taffer, comparative taffer, superlative am taffsten)

  1. (colloquial) tough, robust, hard-bitten, assertive, socially apt and self-assured, quick-witted
    Enrique Iglesias über seine Lebensgefährtin: “Ich wünschte, ich wäre nur halb so taff und kämpferisch.”
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

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