English Explanatory Dictionary

ORF

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of open reading frame.
name
  1. Initialism of Österreichischer Rundfunk (“Austrian Broadcasting Corporation”).
noun
  1. An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.
noun
  1. Alternative form of orfe (“type of fish”).
adv
  1. Pronunciation spelling of off.
adj
  1. Pronunciation spelling of off.
prep
  1. Pronunciation spelling of off.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Pronunciation

/ɔːf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-orf.wav

Word forms

ORF ORFs

Etymology

From Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).

Related words

NURF

Derived words

ORFeome
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