English Explanatory Dictionary

gif

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF.
verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF.
noun
  1. A bitmap image in a particular format with support for multiple images per file or animations, and up to 256 distinct colors per frame, including a fully transparent color.
  2. Any short video without audio, usually one which loops.
  3. Any short video, in a format directly supported by HTML5 (ie. GIF, MP4, WebM)
verb
  1. To create a GIF file of; (inexact) to create a similar animated image file of.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of granular iron(stone) formation
noun
  1. Alternative form of GIF.

Pronunciation

/ɡɪf/ En-us-gif-1.ogg /d͡ʒɪf/ En-us-gif-2.ogg En-gif.ogg

Word forms

gif gifs gifing gifed .gif

Etymology

Acronym of graphics interchange format.

Synonyms

granular iron formation granular ironstone formation

Derived words

anigif gifset reaction GIF
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on G Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary