paf

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See also: PAF and Paf

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from pafi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [paf]
Hyphenation: paf

Interjection

paf

(onomatopoeia) A noise of firing, explosion, crash, etc.

French

Etymology

Interjection: onomatopoeia
Adjective: from paffé, past participle of paffer (to consume excessively)
Noun: uncertain

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paf/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -af

Interjection

paf !

onomatopoeia for the noise caused by a fall or a blow
Paf ! Le livre est tombé à terre !
Whack! The book fell on the ground.

Adjective

paf (invariable)

drunk

Noun

paf m (plural pafs)

(slang) cock, dick

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Interjection

paf

bang

Spanish

Interjection

paf

bang!

Further reading

“paf”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [paf]

Noun

paf (nominative plural pafs)

(male or female) peacock / peafowl

Declension

declension of paf

	singular	plural
nominative	paf	pafs
genitive	pafa	pafas
dative	pafe	pafes
accusative	pafi	pafis
vocative ¹	o paf!	o pafs!
predicative ²	pafu	pafus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

hipaf (“peacock, male peafowl”)
jipaf (“peahen, female peafowl”)
pafül (“peachick, peafowl offspring”)

Derived terms

Related terms

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