tofelemoon

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Yiddish תּיפֿלה (tifle) + אמונה (emune).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtoː.fə.ləˈmoːn/
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  • Hyphenation: to‧fe‧le‧moon
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

tofelemoon m (plural tofelemonen, diminutive tofelemoontje n)

  1. (Netherlands, derogatory, slang) Roman Catholic

Adjective

tofelemoon (not comparable)

  1. (Netherlands, derogatory, slang) Roman Catholic

Declension

Declension of tofelemoon
uninflected tofelemoon
inflected tofelemone
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial tofelemoon
indefinite m./f. sing. tofelemone
n. sing. tofelemoon
plural tofelemone
definite tofelemone
partitive tofelemoons

Derived terms