paf

See also: PAF, and Paf

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from pafi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paf]
• Hyphenation: paf

Interjection

paf

1. (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:

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• Rhymes: -af

Interjection

paf !

1. 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)

1. drunk

Noun

paf m (plural pafs)

1. (slang) cock, dick

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

paf

1. bang

Spanish

Interjection

paf

1. bang!

Further reading

• “paf”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paf]

Noun

paf (nominative plural pafs)

1. (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

• pafablöv
• pafablövik
• pafaflitäm
• pafalog
• pafamit
• pafanäst
• pafanög
• pafapab
• pafapijun
• pafapijunül
• pafaplüm
• pafaplümem
• pafatron
• pafik
• pafil
• paföp
• sipaf

 

Related terms

• böd
• bödav
• bödavan
• bödavik
• bödik