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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TIFF

Of unknown origin.
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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 TIFF

tiff  [tɪf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tiff 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 tiff in English.

WHAT DOES TIFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tiff in the English dictionary

The first definition of tiff in the dictionary is a petty quarrel. Other definition of tiff is a fit of ill humour. Tiff is also to have or be in a tiff.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TIFF

PRESENT

Present
I tiff
you tiff
he/she/it tiffs
we tiff
you tiff
they tiff
Present continuous
I am tiffing
you are tiffing
he/she/it is tiffing
we are tiffing
you are tiffing
they are tiffing
Present perfect
I have tiffed
you have tiffed
he/she/it has tiffed
we have tiffed
you have tiffed
they have tiffed
Present perfect continuous
I have been tiffing
you have been tiffing
he/she/it has been tiffing
we have been tiffing
you have been tiffing
they have been tiffing
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 tiffed
you tiffed
he/she/it tiffed
we tiffed
you tiffed
they tiffed
Past continuous
I was tiffing
you were tiffing
he/she/it was tiffing
we were tiffing
you were tiffing
they were tiffing
Past perfect
I had tiffed
you had tiffed
he/she/it had tiffed
we had tiffed
you had tiffed
they had tiffed
Past perfect continuous
I had been tiffing
you had been tiffing
he/she/it had been tiffing
we had been tiffing
you had been tiffing
they had been tiffing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you tiff
we let´s tiff
you tiff
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to tiff
Past participle
tiffed
Present Participle
tiffing
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 TIFF

tier
tierce
tierce de Picardie
tierced
tiercel
tierceron
Tierra del Fuego
ties
tietac
Tiffanie
tiffanies
tiffany
Tiffany glass
Tiffany setting
tiffin
tiffing
Tiflis
tifoso
tig

WORDS THAT END LIKE TIFF

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

Synonyms and antonyms of tiff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TIFF»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tiff» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of tiff

Translation of «tiff» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TIFF

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

Translator English - Chinese

TIFF
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiff
570 millions of speakers

English

tiff
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झगड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شجار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

TIFF
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tiff
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক চুমুক মদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

querelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tiff
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tiff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ちょっとしたけんか
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

티파니
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tiff
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự cai lẩy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

TIFF
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झगडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kızma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tiff
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tiff
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

TIFF
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tiff
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tiff
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tiff
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tIFF
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tiff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tiff

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TIFF»

The term «tiff» is very widely used and occupies the 14.683 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TIFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tiff» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tiff» 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 tiff

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIFF»

Discover the use of tiff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tiff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tiff: A Reel History 1976 - 2012
In anticipation and celebration of TIFF 2012, The Globe and Mail is proud to present, TIFF – A Reel History (1976 – 2012), available for download on your e-Reader today.
The Globe and Mail, 2012
2
Tiff and the Trout
But as winter approaches and the seasons change, so life will change for Tiff . . . A story of fishing, families and friendship from the best-selling, award-winning David Metzenthen.
David Metzenthen, 2004
3
iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual
TIFF. Files. Instead. of. JPEGs. For some time, high-end iPhotonauts bearing fancy cameras and memory cards full of RAW files have groused a bit about their choices. They could keep sending their RAW files on that clumsy round trip to ...
David Pogue, J.D. Biersdorfer, 2009
4
Two Fine Ladies Have a Tiff
Two refined lady friends have a very unrefined disagreement.
Antonia Zehler, 2001
5
Taiwan Tiff
Tiffany Huang. I will say that my parents were pretty radical as Asian parents for letting me date in middle school, but here is the lowdown on dating in my family. Dating has always been considered one of my last priorities, as long as I am still  ...
Tiffany Huang, 2009
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Preface. Prefatory memoir. The blunderer. The love-tiff. The ...
INTRODUCTORY. NOTICE. The Love-tiff (Le LVpit-amoureux) is composed of two pieces joined together. The first and longest is a comparatively modest imitation of a very coarse and indecent Italian comedy, ...
Molière, 1875
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Preface. Prefatory memoir. The blunderer. The love-tiff. The ...
Molière. Scene III. — Valere, La Rapiere, Mascarille. La Ra. Sir, I have just now heard from good authority that Eraste is greatly enraged against you, and that Albert talks also of breaking all the bones in Mascarille's body, on his daughter's  ...
Molière, 1878
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Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary
This is a subgroup under the U.S.-Russia Business Development Committee ( BDC). 2. See Telecom Information Exchange Services. TIFF Tag Image File Format. A very widely used platform- and application-independent, lossless, color , raster ...
J.K. Petersen, 2002
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Advanced Computing in Electron Microscopy
TIFF file) to an IFD or image file directory. The IFD contains a list of data about the image, such as the number of bits per pixel, the number of pixels in x and y, etc. Each data item is identified with a unique tag or eight bit code. TIFF stands for ...
Earl J. Kirkland, 1998
10
Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual
Resizing and File Formats Printers can accept a wide range of file formats, including PSD (Photoshop), as well as TIFF, EPS, PDF, and even JPEG. Don't worry: Choosing the format isn't as hard as you might think. Once you've saved your ...
Lesa Snider, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tiff is used in the context of the following news items.
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TIFF 2015: Julianne Moore, Benedict Cumberbatch among stars …
TIFF 2015 is going back to its Canadian roots for its 40th birthday, opening the festival with Quebec director Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition. After critical ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
2
Don't touch that dial: TIFF is getting into TV
With its new Primetime program, TIFF will squeeze TV content, up to six different stand-alone shows or series episodes, into its already packed September film ... «Toronto Star, Apr 15»
3
TIFF: The Imitation Game wins top prize
A biopic starring Benedict Cumberbatch as an ingenious British codebreaker and computer-science pioneer Alan Turing has won the top prize at the Toronto ... «Toronto Star, Sep 14»
4
TIFF 2014 Oscar Contenders
It's amazing how quickly the word “Oscar” is heard uttered in theatre line-ups and under the breath of industry insiders the moment the TIFF buzz begins to fade. «National Post, Sep 14»
5
Maps to the Stars premieres at TIFF
Day six at TIFF provided a map to the stars — not just to the red carpet. But that's the name of the latest flick from Canadian Director David Cronenberg. 'Map To ... «CHCH News, Sep 14»
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Janet Gretzky comes to TIFF for James Franco film
The Huffington Post has just christened her and her husband Wayne (The Great One), “The Hottest Couple of TIFF 2014,” which is the kind of headline to always ... «Toronto Star, Sep 14»
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TIFF 2014: Chris Rock rates big laughs in 'Top Five'
Before the world premiere of “Top Five,” the new film written by, directed by and starring Chris Rock, there was a feel of real energy in the room at Toronto's ... «Los Angeles Times, Sep 14»
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TIFF red carpet diary, Day 3: Have no fear, Benedict Cumberbatch is …
There will be plenty more Cumber-photos in the coming days, but for now just know that he is at TIFF. (Fun fact: Fans of the Sherlock actor call themselves ... «National Post, Sep 14»
9
TIFF volunteers driven by camaraderie, love of film
They stand in the wings of the Toronto International Film Festival, often well away from the red carpet, the celebrities and the flashbulbs but without the 2,800 ... «CBC.ca, Sep 14»
10
TIFF 2014: Young Canadian filmmakers to watch
Besides the feeling of accomplishment that comes from TIFF's acceptance, Kemker is happy to be a role model for other youth interested in filmmaking. «CBC.ca, Aug 14»

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