tifo

== English == === Etymology === From Italian, originally referring to the disease typhus but figuratively extended to refer to the fevered behaviour of football fans. === Noun === tifo (plural tifos) (sports) A form of choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium, where they make a large-scale pattern or picture by holding up, or wearing, various materials. === Anagrams === Foti, OTIF, TOFI, tofi == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈti.fo/ Rhymes: -ifo Hyphenation: tì‧fo === Etymology 1 === From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos). ==== Noun ==== tifo m (plural tifi) (pathology) typhus (sports) (excessive) enthusiasm; hence fan ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== tifoso === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tifo first-person singular present indicative of tifare === Anagrams === -fito, Foti, fito-, tofi == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === typho (obsolete) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ifu === Noun === tifo m (plural tifos) (pathology) typhus (disease characterised by high recurrent fever) ==== Derived terms ==== tifoide === Further reading === “tifo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tifo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtifo/ [ˈt̪i.fo] Rhymes: -ifo Syllabification: ti‧fo === Noun === tifo m (uncountable) alternative form of tifus === Further reading === “tifo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian tifo. First attested in 1997. === Noun === tifo n (sports) tifo ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tifo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈti.fo] === Verb === tifo to tap palm trees for sap ==== Conjugation ==== ==== References ==== Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish توفو (tifo), from Greek τύφος (týfos). Doublet of tifüs (“typhus”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiˈfo/ === Noun === tifo (definite accusative tifoyu, uncountable) typhoid fever, abdominal typhus, a disease by the a bacterium of the subspecies Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Synonym: karahumma ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tifo”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “tifo”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tifo”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4822 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tifo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük