arf

See also: ARF and 'arf

English

Pronunciation
  • Audio (CA)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)f

Interjection

arf!

  1. Representing the sound of a dog's bark.

Usage notes
  • Sometimes has the same connotations of sexual innuendo as woof.

Synonyms

Translations

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aʁf/
  • Audio(file)

Interjection

arf

  1. argh, ugh, oy
    Arf, c’est ennuyeux ça !
    Argh, that's a problem!
    Arf, je sais pas comment je vais faire
    Ugh, what am I gonna do?

Icelandic

Noun

arf

  1. indefinite accusative singular of arfur

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms
  • aryf

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *arβ̃, borrowed from Latin arma.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /arv/

Noun

arf m or f (plural arueu)

  1. weapon, arm

Descendants
  • Welsh: arf

Mutation
Middle Welsh mutation
RadicalSoftNasalH-prothesis
arfunchangedunchangedharf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Noun

arf

  1. Obsolete spelling of arv

Anagrams

Tarifit

Numeral

arf

  1. Alternative spelling of ařf: thousand

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh arf, from Proto-Brythonic *arβ̃, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin arma.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /arv/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -arv

Noun

arf m or f (plural arfau)

  1. weapon, armament
  2. tool, instrument

Derived terms
  • arfog

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
arf unchanged unchanged harf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “arf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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