ref

ref

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English

Etymology

Clippings.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɛf/
  • Rhymes: -ɛf
  • Homophone: reph

Noun

ref (plural refs)

  1. (informal) Clipping of referee.
  2. Abbreviation of reference.
    1. Abbreviation of refsheet.
  3. Abbreviation of refectory.
  4. (Philippines, informal) Clipping of refrigerator.

Derived terms

  • work the refs

Descendants

  • Tagalog: ref

Verb

ref (third-person singular simple present refs, present participle reffing, simple past and past participle reffed)

  1. (informal, ambitransitive) To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.

Anagrams

  • FER, RFE, erf, f***er, fer

Icelandic

Noun

ref

  1. indefinite accusative singular of refur
  2. indefinite dative singular of refur

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

ref

  1. alternative form of reif

Etymology 2

Verb

ref

  1. alternative form of reven

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrif, from Proto-Germanic *hrefaz.

Noun

ref n

  1. stomach
  2. womb
  3. conception

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *mitref, *middilref (midriff)

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: *rif
    • Dutch: rif

Further reading

“ref”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Noun

ref

  1. obsolete spelling of räv

See also

  • referee

Anagrams

  • fre

Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ref, a clipping of refrigerator. Colloquially used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɾef/ [ˈɾɛf]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈɾep/ [ˈɾɛp̚]
  • Rhymes: -ef, (more native-sounding) -ep
  • Syllabification: ref

Noun

ref (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉ᜔) (colloquial)

  1. refrigerator
    Synonyms: pridyider, repriherador, repridyereytor, empriyadera, nebera

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “ref”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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