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English

Pronunciation

  • see GIF

Noun

gif (plural gifs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF

Verb

gif (third-person singular simple present gifs, present participle gifing, simple past and past participle gifed)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF

Anagrams

  • FGI, Fig, GFI, IGF, fig, fig.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χəf/

Etymology 1

From Dutch gif, from earlier gift, from Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun

gif (plural giwwe or gifte, diminutive giffie)

  1. poison; a poisonous substance
Derived terms
  • giftig
  • vergif

Etymology 2

From Dutch gift, from Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Same etymology as above, but the two variants gradually acquired different meanings in modern Dutch.

Noun

gif (plural gifte)

  1. gift; present
Synonyms
  • geskenk

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɪf/
  • Hyphenation: gif
  • Rhymes: -ɪf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

The word gift derives from the same source, and the words were not formally distinguished until early modern Dutch.

Noun

gif n (plural giffen, diminutive gifje n)

  1. poison, venom, toxin
Synonyms
  • (poison): vergif, venijn, gift
Derived terms
  • gifbeker
  • gifmenger
  • gifmoord
  • giftand
  • giftig
  • tegengif
  • vergiftigen
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: gif
  • Negerhollands: gift

Etymology 2

Noun

gif m (plural giffen, diminutive gifje n)

  1. (computing) GIF (image format)

Gothic

Romanization

gif

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐍆

Old English

Alternative forms

  • gyf, gyfe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jabē, *jabu, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (when, if) with anomalous apocope. The expected form is attested once as ġyfe in the early 7th-century Law of Æthelberht, if not simply a scribal error.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jif/

Conjunction

ġif

  1. if
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"

Derived terms

  • ēalā ġif
  • hwæt ġif

Descendants

  • Middle English: if, yif, yef
    • English: if, yif
    • Scots: gif, gyf, gin
    • Yola: yith, if

Spanish

Noun

gif m (plural gifs)

  1. GIF

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

gif

  1. imperative of gifva

Anagrams

  • fig.

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