treff

See also: Treff

English

Etymology

From German Treff (“meeting point”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛf/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

treff (plural treffs)

  1. (espionage) A covert meeting.
    • 1955, David J. Dallin, Soviet Espionage, page 495:
      The Moscow experts on treffs perform their duty with ponderous, often ridiculous, awkwardness. Before the atomic spy Allan Nunn May left Canada to go to London, a treff in London had to be arranged for him and another agent.

Hungarian

Etymology

From French trèfle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtrɛfː]
  • Hyphenation: treff
  • Rhymes: -ɛfː

Noun

treff (plural treffek)

  1. club (symbol on playing-cards)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative treff treffek
accusative treffet treffeket
dative treffnek treffeknek
instrumental treffel treffekkel
causal-final treffért treffekért
translative treffé treffekké
terminative treffig treffekig
essive-formal treffként treffekként
essive-modal — —
inessive treffben treffekben
superessive treffen treffeken
adessive treffnél treffeknél
illative treffbe treffekbe
sublative treffre treffekre
allative treffhez treffekhez
elative treffből treffekből
delative treffről treffekről
ablative trefftől treffektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		treffé treffeké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		trefféi treffekéi
Possessive forms of treff
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. treffem treffjeim
2nd person sing. treffed treffjeid
3rd person sing. treffje treffjei
1st person plural treffünk treffjeink
2nd person plural treffetek treffjeitek
3rd person plural treffjük treffjeik

Coordinate terms

Suits in Hungarian · színek (see also: játékkártyák) (layout · text)
kőr káró pikk treff

Further reading

  • treff in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

treff

  1. imperative of treffe
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