tofelemoon
Dutch
Alternative forms
- toffelemoon
Etymology
From Yiddish תּיפֿלה (tifle) + אמונה (emune).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtoː.fə.ləˈmoːn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: to‧fe‧le‧moon
- Rhymes: -oːn
Noun
tofelemoon m (plural tofelemonen, diminutive tofelemoontje n)
- (derogatory, slang) Roman Catholic
Adjective
tofelemoon (not comparable)
- (derogatory, slang) Roman Catholic
Inflection
| Inflection of tofelemoon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | tofelemoon | |||
| inflected | tofelemone | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | tofelemoon | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | tofelemone | ||
| n. sing. | tofelemoon | |||
| plural | tofelemone | |||
| definite | tofelemone | |||
| partitive | tofelemoons | |||
Derived terms
- neo-tofelemoon