tofus
See also: Tofus
English
Noun
tofus (plural tofi)
- Alternative form of tophus
Noun
tofus
- plural of tofu
Anagrams
- Foust
Latin
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Oscan.
Noun
tōfus m (genitive tōfī); second declension
- tuff (kind of rock)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tōfus | tōfī |
| Genitive | tōfī | tōfōrum |
| Dative | tōfō | tōfīs |
| Accusative | tōfum | tōfōs |
| Ablative | tōfō | tōfīs |
| Vocative | tōfe | tōfī |
Derived terms
- tofosus
- tofaceus
Descendants
- Catalan: tou (“soft”)
- French: tuf
- → English: tuff
- Italian: tufo
- → English: tufa
- → German: Tuff
- Polish: tuf
References
- “tofus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tofus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tofus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Romanian
Etymology
From French tophus.
Noun
tofus n (plural tofusuri)
- tophus
Declension
Declension of tofus
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) tofus | tofusul | (niște) tofusuri | tofusurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) tofus | tofusului | (unor) tofusuri | tofusurilor |
| vocative | tofusule | tofusurilor | ||