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.
3. Abbreviation of refectory.
4. (Philippines, informal) Clipping of refrigerator.

Derived terms

• work the refs

Descendants

• ⇒ Tagalog: i-ref

Verb

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

1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) 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