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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NIFF

Perhaps from sniff.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NIFF

niff  [nɪf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Niff is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb niff in English.

WHAT DOES NIFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of niff in the English dictionary

The definition of niff in the dictionary is a bad smell. Other definition of niff is to smell badly; stink.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NIFF

PRESENT

Present
I niff
you niff
he/she/it niffs
we niff
you niff
they niff
Present continuous
I am niffing
you are niffing
he/she/it is niffing
we are niffing
you are niffing
they are niffing
Present perfect
I have niffed
you have niffed
he/she/it has niffed
we have niffed
you have niffed
they have niffed
Present perfect continuous
I have been niffing
you have been niffing
he/she/it has been niffing
we have been niffing
you have been niffing
they have been niffing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I niffed
you niffed
he/she/it niffed
we niffed
you niffed
they niffed
Past continuous
I was niffing
you were niffing
he/she/it was niffing
we were niffing
you were niffing
they were niffing
Past perfect
I had niffed
you had niffed
he/she/it had niffed
we had niffed
you had niffed
they had niffed
Past perfect continuous
I had been niffing
you had been niffing
he/she/it had been niffing
we had been niffing
you had been niffing
they had been niffing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will niff
you will niff
he/she/it will niff
we will niff
you will niff
they will niff
Future continuous
I will be niffing
you will be niffing
he/she/it will be niffing
we will be niffing
you will be niffing
they will be niffing
Future perfect
I will have niffed
you will have niffed
he/she/it will have niffed
we will have niffed
you will have niffed
they will have niffed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been niffing
you will have been niffing
he/she/it will have been niffing
we will have been niffing
you will have been niffing
they will have been niffing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would niff
you would niff
he/she/it would niff
we would niff
you would niff
they would niff
Conditional continuous
I would be niffing
you would be niffing
he/she/it would be niffing
we would be niffing
you would be niffing
they would be niffing
Conditional perfect
I would have niff
you would have niff
he/she/it would have niff
we would have niff
you would have niff
they would have niff
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been niffing
you would have been niffing
he/she/it would have been niffing
we would have been niffing
you would have been niffing
they would have been niffing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you niff
we let´s niff
you niff
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to niff
Past participle
niffed
Present Participle
niffing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIFF

nieve
nieveful
nife
nifedipine
niffer
niffnaff
niffy
Niflheim
niftier
niftiest
niftily
niftiness
nifty
nigella

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIFF

biff
Cardiff
cliff
feed-in tariff
griff
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kiff
mastiff
plaintiff
quiff
riff
Schiff
sheriff
skiff
sniff
stiff
tariff
tiff
whiff
ziff

Synonyms and antonyms of niff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «niff» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NIFF

Find out the translation of niff to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of niff from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «niff» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

niff
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

niff
570 millions of speakers

English

niff
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

niff
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

niff
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

NIFF
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Niff
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেরোনো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

niff
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Niff
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mief
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

NIFF
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

niff
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Niff
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

NIFF dùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரும்பத்தகாத வாசனை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

leş gibi koku
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

emettere un cattivo odore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niff
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

NIFF
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

niff
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

NIFF
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stank
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Niff
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

NIFF
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of niff

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIFF»

The term «niff» is regularly used and occupies the 63.618 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NIFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «niff» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «niff» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about niff

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIFF»

Discover the use of niff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to niff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Genetics and Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Free-Living ...
Other organisms, for which there is less genetic data, will be described in relation to these five organisms. 2.2.1. The NifF Protein is the Sole Electron Carrier in Klebsiella pneumoniae Genetic manipulation of K. pneumoniae generated nifF and ...
Werner Klipp, Bernd Masepohl, John R. Gallon, 2006
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TruCluster Server Handbook
12.5.1 NIFF and the CLUA When a cluster member enters run level 3, the aliasd ( 8) daemon is started; it in turn creates a child process known as aliasd_niff ( 8) . The aliasd_niff process subscribes to all NIFF events from EVM although it is ...
Scott Fafrak, Jim Lola, Dennis O'Brien, 2003
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The Rebellion Record
I come from old Manassa, with a pocket full of fun — I killed forty Yankees with a single-barreled gun ; It don't make a niff-a-stifference to neither you or I, Big Yankee, Little Yankee, all run or die. I saw all the Yankees at Bull Run, They fought ...
‎1862
4
The Rebellion record: a diary of American events, with ...
I come from old Manassa, with a pocket full of fun — I killed forty Yankees with a single-barreled gun ; It don't make a niff-a-stifference to neither you or I, Big Yankee, Little Yankee, all run or die. I saw all the Yankees at Bull Run, They fought ...
Frank Moore, 1862
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Visual Perception of Music Notation: On-line and Off-line ...
NIFF NIFF was developed with the perspective of defining an interchange format for music notation among music notation editing/publishing and scanning programs (NIFF, 1995). Its present version if 6b. NIFF was derived from design rules of ...
Susan Ella George, 2005
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Nitrogen Fixation at the Millennium
NifF and NifJ The products of the nifF and nifJ genes are involved in the transfer of electrons to nitrogenase in K. pneumoniae. The electron donor to nitrogenase is known definitively only in the case oiK. pneumoniae, where biochemical and ...
G.J. Leigh, 2002
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Ballads and Songs of the Civil War
But it don't make a niff-a-stiff'rence to neither you nor I, They took to their heels, boys, and you ought to see 'em fly. . I saw old Fuss-and-Feathers Scott, twenty miles away, His horses stuck up their ears, and you ought to hear 'em neigh; But it ...
Jerry Silverman, 2011
8
The Logic of Provability
(5) U(n-i,w,M)=U(n-i,x,N); (6) either DD is a subsentence of A, and wN DD niff xN DD (whence DD^Z) or ED is a subsentence of A, and wN ED niff xN ED (whence DD^Z). Then (*) if i < n and for some Z, w, x, D, P(i, Z, w, x, D), then for some Z',w'  ...
George Boolos, 1995
9
Biological Nitrogen Fixation
The primary structure of the flavodoxin isolated from A. vinelandii13-239 shares a high level of sequence identity when compared to K. pneumoniae flavodoxin.4'50 Furthermore, the gene encoding the A. vinelandii flavodoxin (nifF) is located ...
Gary Stacey, Robert H. Burris, Harold J. Evans, 1992
10
BioHydrogen
In many organisms, the suitable electron transport factors are low molecular weight soluble proteins, flavodoxin (e.g., NifF) or ferredoxin (e.g., Fdl). Despite the isolation and extensive characterization of many of these electron carriers and their ...
Oskar R. Zaborsky, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term niff is used in the context of the following news items.
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Colantoni hangs up his scrubs, looks to future projects
It also had its to debut at the Niagara Integrated Film Festival (NIFF). Cat (Krista Bridges) has a mediocre job, a mundane social life and her ... «King Township Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Naperville Independent Film Festival returns Sept. 12-19
The schedules and film screening times for this year's Film Festival, also known as NIFF, will be up on its website, naperfilmfest.org, by the ... «Positively Naperville, Jul 15»
3
NIFF Film Society Summer Series
The Naples International Film Festival (NIFF) gets the gets the allure. Though a standard of November—the social season's unofficial kickoff party—the ... «Naplesillustrated, Jul 15»
4
NIFF hosts iftar, raises funds for charity
A sum of about SR5,000 was collected on the occasion for the NIFF charity fund to be utilized for the welfare of needy Indian expatriates, said ... «Saudi Gazette, Jul 15»
5
Lost Penny delivers a surreal journey
However, because the NIFF screening sold out, there will be a second showing in Niagara at the Seneca Queen Theatre in Niagara Falls on ... «Niagarathisweek.com, Jun 15»
6
Niagara Integrated Film Festival Pairs Great Films With Food and Wine
The Niagara Integrated Film Festival (NIFF), at only two years old, is still flying under the radar. And that's good news for anyone who plans to ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jun 15»
7
Who needs super heroes?
Throughout the rest of the movie, the ensemble cast spends ample time sipping on wine, with the audience for the NIFF screening doing the ... «Niagarathisweek.com, Jun 15»
8
Welland movie gets film festival showing
Tickets for the NIFF short films cost $12.50 each, or $10 for seniors, and can be purchased at niagarafilmfest.com or by phoning ... «Welland Tribune, Jun 15»
9
Niagara Integrated Film Festival (NIFF) – Selected Viewing
The Niagara Integrated Film Festival (NIFF) is set to take place this weekend. The event, which I wrote about in greater detail in our cover story, ... «Artvoice, Jun 15»
10
Screenings: NIFF, 'Jaws' and 'The French Connection' highlight a …
It is year two for the Niagara Integrated Film Festival — a.k.a., NIFF — and once again the fest offers an intriguing selection of cinema in ... «Buffalo.com, Jun 15»

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