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== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Ifo with f as a placeholder. === Symbol === iff (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ifo. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Ifo terms == English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== "if and only if" (UK) IPA(key): /ɪf ən(d) ˈəʊn.li ɪf/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪf ən(d) ˈoʊn.li ɪf/ ==== Conjunction ==== iff (mathematics, logic) Abbreviation of if and only if. ===== Related terms ===== if ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Conjunction ==== iff Obsolete spelling of if. 1565, Thomas Stapleton, A Fortreſſe of the Faith &c., Ihon Laet, the 2. part. 112: For iff the patient be aſhamed to diſcloſe hiſ wounde to the phyſician which knoweth it not , phyſicke can not helpe him. === Anagrams === FFI, FIF, Fif. == Tarifit == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Tashelhit af (“to surpass”). ==== Verb ==== iff (verbal noun tifet, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⴼ) (intransitive) to surpass, to be better, to be worth more ===== Conjugation ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-Berber. Compare Northern Saharan Berber iff (“udder”) and Tashelhit uff (“breast”). ==== Noun ==== iff m (plural iffan, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⴼ) nipple udder Synonyms: abbuc, tinɣi Iteẓẓi iffan n tfunast. ― He's milking the udders of the cow.