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taff¹

  • /ˈtæf/

Sounds like Taff, -taph · Rhymes with -æf

Where it comes from

Shortened from Taffy, from Dafydd, with the change of /d/ to /t/ perhaps influenced by the river name Taff. All of Welsh origin.

noun taffs

  1. slang A Welshman.

Taff²

Where it comes from

* The name of the river is derived from Welsh Taf.

* As an Irish and Welsh surname, a variant of Taaffe.

proper noun

  1. A river in southern Wales, flowing through Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough and the city of Cardiff to Cardiff Bay.
  2. A surname.

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name river

中文塔夫河 Tǎfū Hé

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"taff." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/taff. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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taff. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/taff

Chicago

"taff." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/taff.

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@misc{taff_2026,
  title = {taff},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taff},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}