English Explanatory Dictionary

RIF

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of reduction in force.
  2. Initialism of risk influencing factor.
  3. Initialism of rock-inhabiting fungi.
verb
  1. To lay off from work due to a reduction in force.
verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of RIF.
name
  1. A mountainous region in northern Morocco.
  2. A former country in North Africa, a republic which existed briefly during the 1920s in what is now northern Morocco.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪf/

Word forms

RIF RIFs RIFing RIFed riffing riffed Er Rif Riff

Etymology

From Arabic الريف (ar-rīf) and/or Tarifit arrif.

Derived words

Riffian
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