tifoso

English

Alternative forms

  • (fan of an Italian team): tifosi

Etymology

Italian

Noun

tifoso (plural tifosi)

  1. An Italian fan (of a sports club, etc.).
  2. A fan of an Italian club or team, especially Scuderia Ferrari

Italian

Etymology

From tifo + -oso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈfo.zo/, (traditional) /tiˈfo.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: ti‧fó‧so

Adjective

tifoso (feminine tifosa, masculine plural tifosi, feminine plural tifose, superlative tifosissimo)

  1. (relational) fan
  2. (pathology) typhous, typhoid

Noun

tifoso m (plural tifosi, feminine tifosa)

  1. fan (of a sports club etc.)

Derived terms

References

  1. tifoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈfo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈfo.zo/

  • Hyphenation: ti‧fo‧so

Adjective

tifoso (feminine tifosa, masculine plural tifosos, feminine plural tifosas, metaphonic)

  1. (medicine) typhous (of or relating to typhus)
    Synonym: tifoide
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