pif

See also: PIF

Translingual

Symbol

pif

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Pingelapese terms

French

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoeic.[1] Compare however Central Franconian Pief, Peif (“stovepipe; flute”), akin to Dutch pijp, German Pfeife.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pif/
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Noun

pif m (plural pifs)

  1. (slang) conk, hooter, schnozzle (nose, especially if large)
    Synonyms: blair, tarin
    un gros pif ― a big conk
  2. (figurative) nose, intuition
    Synonyms: flair, nez
    avoir du pif ― to have flair, to be intuitive

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “pif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Spanish

Interjection

pif

  1. synonym of paf

Volapük

Noun

pif (genitive pifa, uncountable pifs)

  1. (anatomy) bone marrow

Declension

Declension of pif
Singular
Nominative pif
Genitive pifa
Dative pife
Accusative pifi
Predicative1 pifu
Vocative o pif
  1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.
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