tiffin

tif·fin

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tif-in]
- /ˈtɪf ɪn/
- /ˈtɪf.ɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tif-in]
- /ˈtɪf ɪn/

Definitions of tiffin word

noun tiffin a city in N Ohio. 1
verb without object tiffin to eat lunch. 1
verb with object tiffin to provide lunch for; serve lunch to. 1
noun tiffin (in India) a light meal, esp one taken at midday 0
noun tiffin lunch 0

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Origin of tiffin

First appearance:

before 1775

One of the 45% newest English words

1775-85; variant of *tiffing, equivalent to tiff (obsolete) to sip, drink + -ing1

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Parts of speech for Tiffin

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tiffin

tiffin popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

tiffin usage trend in Literature

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