tofus

See also: Tofus

English

Etymology 1

Noun

tofus (plural tofi)

1. Alternative form of tophus

Etymology 2

Noun

tofus

1. plural of tofu

Anagrams

• Foust

Latin

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Oscan, and possibly derived from Proto-Italic *tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). See τύφη (plant for stuffing bolsters).

Noun

tōfus m (genitive tōfī); second declension

1. tuff (kind of rock)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tōfus	tōfī
genitive	tōfī	tōfōrum
dative	tōfō	tōfīs
accusative	tōfum	tōfōs
ablative	tōfō	tōfīs
vocative	tōfe	tōfī

Derived terms

• tofosus
• tofaceus

Descendants

• Catalan: tou (“soft”)
• French: tuf
  • → English: tuff
• Italian: tufo
  • → English: tufa
  • → German: Tuff
• Polish: tuf

References

• “tofus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tofus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tofus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tophus.

Noun

tofus n (plural tofusuri)

1. tophus

Declension

Declension of tofus

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tofus	tofusul	(niște) tofusuri	tofusurile
genitive/dative	(unui) tofus	tofusului	(unor) tofusuri	tofusurilor
vocative	tofusule		tofusurilor

Swedish

Noun

tofus

1. indefinite genitive singular of tofu