SDF

SDF

English

Proper noun

SDF

1. (military) Initialism of (Japanese) Self-Defence Force(s).
   • 2017, Robert S. Ross, Øystein Tunsjø, Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China:

     The reorientation of the SDF[']s' operational posture has gone hand in hand with a sustained legislative effort to alter the legal underpinnings of Japan's security policy.

2. (military) Initialism of Syrian Democratic Forces.

Derived terms

• (Japanese military): JSDF, MSDF, ASDF, GSDF, JMSDF, JASDF, JGSDF

Anagrams

• DFS, DFs, FDS, FDs

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.de.ɛf/

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Noun

SDF m (plural SDF)

1. Initialism of sans domicile fixe: homeless, without a permanent home (official French government term)

   Synonyms: sans-abri, clochard

   • 2006, Liberation, Paris (story headline, July 22)

     A Paris, les SDF priés de sortir de la photo

     In Paris, homeless requested to leave the picture

   • 2006, Nouvel Obs (story headline, November 11)

     Kirk Douglas fête Thanksgiving avec les SDF

     Kirk Douglas celebrates Thanksgiving with the homeless

References

• service-public.fr official site describing national ID cards for homeless people: Carte nationale d'identité pour les personnes sans domicile fixe (SDF)