different between hef vs def

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

hef (plural hefs)

1. (abbreviation) hefeweizen

Anagrams

• Fe/H, feh

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch heft, from Middle Dutch hefte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f/

Noun

hef (plural hefte)

1. handle

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?f

Verb

hef

1. first-person singular present indicative of heffen
2. imperative of heffen

Middle English

Verb

hef

1. past tense of heave

Old Norse

Verb

hef

1. inflection of hefja:
   1. first-person singular present indicative active
   2. second-person singular imperative active

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Etymology 1

Noun

def

1. Abbreviation of deficit.
2. Abbreviation of definition.

Etymology 2

Adverb

def

1. Abbreviation of definitely.

Etymology 3

Clipping of definitive or definitely, alternately an eye spelling of death referring to an absolute.

Adjective

def (comparative deffer, superlative deffest)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) excellent; very good

References

Anagrams

• DfE, FDE, FED, Fed, Fed., f***ed, fed

Middle English

Adjective

def

1. Alternative form of deef

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (def), from Persian ??? (daf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dêf/

Noun

d?f m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. daf
2. tambourine

Declension

See also

• daire

Wolof

Verb

def

1. to do

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, ?ISBN, page 100

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian ??? (daf).

Noun

def ?

1. daf (a Persian frame drum)