staffa
See also: Staffa
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta.fa/
- Homophones: staffas, staffât
Verb
staffa
- third-person singular past historic of staffer
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstaf.fa/
- Rhymes: -affa
- Hyphenation: stàf‧fa
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Lombardic stapho.
Noun
staffa f (plural staffe)
- (equestrianism) stirrup
- (anatomy) stapes, stirrup bone, stirrup
- Synonym: columella
Derived terms
- staffare
- staffetta
- staffiere
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
staffa
- inflection of staffare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- staffa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana