treff

See also: Treff

English

Etymology

From German Treff (“meeting point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛf/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

treff (plural treffs)

1. (espionage) A covert meeting.
   • 1955, David J. Dallin, Soviet Espionage, page 495:

     The Moscow experts on treffs perform their duty with ponderous, often ridiculous, awkwardness. Before the atomic spy Allan Nunn May left Canada to go to London, a treff in London had to be arranged for him and another agent.

Hungarian

Etymology

From French trèfle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛfː]
• Hyphenation: treff
• Rhymes: -ɛfː

Noun

treff (plural treffek)

1. club (symbol on playing-cards)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	treff	treffek
accusative	treffet	treffeket
dative	treffnek	treffeknek
instrumental	treffel	treffekkel
causal-final	treffért	treffekért
translative	treffé	treffekké
terminative	treffig	treffekig
essive-formal	treffként	treffekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	treffben	treffekben
superessive	treffen	treffeken
adessive	treffnél	treffeknél
illative	treffbe	treffekbe
sublative	treffre	treffekre
allative	treffhez	treffekhez
elative	treffből	treffekből
delative	treffről	treffekről
ablative	trefftől	treffektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	treffé	treffeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	trefféi	treffekéi

Possessive forms of treff

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	treffem	treffjeim
2nd person sing.	treffed	treffjeid
3rd person sing.	treffje	treffjei
1st person plural	treffünk	treffjeink
2nd person plural	treffetek	treffjeitek
3rd person plural	treffjük	treffjeik

Coordinate terms

Suits in Hungarian · színek (see also: játékkártyák) (layout · text)
kőr	káró	pikk	treff

Further reading

• treff in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

treff

1. imperative of treffe