English Explanatory Dictionary

taff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Welshman.
name
  1. A river in southern Wales, flowing through Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough and the city of Cardiff to Cardiff Bay.
  2. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈtæf/ En-au-taff.ogg

Word forms

taff taffs

Etymology

Shortened from Taffy, from Dafydd, with the change of /d/ to /t/ perhaps influenced by the river name Taff. All of Welsh origin.

Related words

Taf

Derived words

Taffia Taff's Well
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