tifo

See also: tifò

English

A tifo in Belgium

Etymology

From Italian.

Noun

tifo (plural tifos)

1. (sports) A form of choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium, where they make a large-scale pattern or picture by holding up, or wearing, various materials.

Anagrams

• Foti, OTIF, TOFI, tofi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.fo/
• Rhymes: -ifo
• Hyphenation: tì‧fo

Etymology 1

From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Noun

tifo m (plural tifi)

1. (pathology) typhus
2. (sports) (excessive) enthusiasm; hence fan

Derived terms

• fare il tifo
• tifo addominale
• tifo endemico
• tifo esantematico
• tifo itteroide
• tifo sportivo

Related terms

• tifoso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tifo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tifare

Anagrams

• -fito, Foti, fito-, tofi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• typho (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.fu/

• Rhymes: -ifu

Noun

tifo m (plural tifos)

1. (pathology) typhus (disease characterised by high recurrent fever)

Derived terms

• tifoide

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtifo/ [ˈt̪i.fo]
• Rhymes: -ifo
• Syllabification: ti‧fo

Noun

tifo m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tifus

Further reading

• “tifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tifo. First attested in 1997.

Noun

tifo n

1. (sports) tifo

Declension

Declension of tifo

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tifo	tifos
	definite	tifot	tifots
plural	indefinite	tifon	tifons
	definite	tifona	tifonas

Further reading

• tifo in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.fo]

Verb

tifo

1. to tap palm trees for sap

Conjugation

Conjugation of tifo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totifo	fotifo	mitifo
2nd person		notifo	nitifo
3rd person	masculine	otifo	itifo yotifo (archaic)
	feminine	motifo
	neuter	itifo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish توفو (tifo), from Greek τύφος (týfos).

Noun

tifo (definite accusative tifoyu, uncountable)

1. typhoid fever

Synonyms

• karahumma