tuff
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From French tuffe, tuf, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus. Doublet of tufa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuff (countable and uncountable, plural tuffs)
- (petrology) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
- Synonym: tufa
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 9n:
- This is what makes an ignimbrite; the general term for this kind of volcaniclastic rock is ‘tuff’.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tuff (comparative tuffer, superlative tuffest)
- Eye dialect spelling of tough.
- 2010 January 20, Robert J. Elisberg, “CES 2020 -- Ohm on the Range”, in Huffington Post[5], retrieved 2012-09-14:
- Its Tuff-n-Tiny USB flash drive is about the size of a thumbnail. … The company insists that the "tuff" part of the name is well-earned for being waterproof, dustproof and you can drive a car over it.
Further reading[edit]
References[edit]
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, tuff
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from English tough. Attested since 1923.
Adjective[edit]
tuff (comparative tuffare, superlative tuffast)
- (somewhat colloquial) tough
- en tuff uppgift
- a tough task
- en tuff dag
- a tough day
- tuffa förhandlingar
- tough negotiations
- spela tuff
- act tough
- (colloquial) cool
Usage notes[edit]
Often with (sometimes jocular or ironic) bad boy (or girl) connotations when of a person. The sense of cool has connotations of (somewhat) breaking social norms as well. A motorcycle might be called tuff for example, by association with bikers, "tuff musik" would commonly be something like heavy metal (considered cool and rebellious, "edgy"), and a "tuff frisyr" would be a cool and (slightly) provocative haircut. Sometimes a bit dated (or tongue-in-cheek), for example when describing music.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tuff | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | tuff | tuffare | tuffast |
Neuter singular | tufft | tuffare | tuffast |
Plural | tuffa | tuffare | tuffast |
Masculine plural3 | tuffe | tuffare | tuffast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | tuffe | tuffare | tuffaste |
All | tuffa | tuffare | tuffaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuff c
Declension[edit]
Declension of tuff | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tuff | tuffen | tuffer | tufferna |
Genitive | tuffs | tuffens | tuffers | tuffernas |
References[edit]
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ʌf
- Rhymes:English/ʌf/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Rocks
- English terms with quotations
- English adjectives
- English eye dialect
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms borrowed from English
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish colloquialisms
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Petrology