tofelemoon

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Yiddish תּיפֿלה (tifle) + אמונה (emune).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌtoː.fə.ləˈmoːn/
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  • Hyphenation: to‧fe‧le‧moon
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

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tofelemoon m (plural tofelemonen, diminutive tofelemoontje n)

  1. (Netherlands, derogatory, slang) Roman Catholic

Adjective

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tofelemoon (not comparable)

  1. (Netherlands, derogatory, slang) Roman Catholic

Inflection

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Declension of tofelemoon
uninflected tofelemoon
inflected tofelemone
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial tofelemoon
indefinite m./f. sing. tofelemone
n. sing. tofelemoon
plural tofelemone
definite tofelemone
partitive tofelemoons

Derived terms

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