chaff

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• Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæf/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑːf/
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• US: /t͡ʃæf/
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• rhymes with -æf
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• CMU ARPABET: CH AE1 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English chaf, from Old English ċeaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf. Cognate with Scots caff, Saterland Frisian Sääf, West Frisian tsjêf, Dutch kaf, German Low German Kaff, regional German Kaff.

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akan: ntɛtɛ — inedible parts of grain plant
• Albanian: byk — inedible parts of grain plant
• Arabic: هَشِيم (hašīm) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Armenian: դարման (darman) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Armenian: հարդ — inedible parts of grain plant
• Belarusian: мякі́на (mjakína) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Belarusian: пало́ва (palóva) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Bulgarian: пля́ва (pljáva) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Catalan: pallús — inedible parts of grain plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 秕糠 (bǐkāng) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 穀殼 /谷壳 (gǔké) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 穀糠 /谷糠 (gǔkāng) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 糠 (kāng) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Cimbrian: bülla — inedible parts of grain plant
• Czech: pleva — inedible parts of grain plant
• Danish: avne — inedible parts of grain plant
• Dutch: kaf — inedible parts of grain plant
• Finnish: ruumen — inedible parts of grain plant
• Finnish: akana — inedible parts of grain plant
• French: balle — inedible parts of grain plant
• French: bale — inedible parts of grain plant
• West-Frisian: tsjêf — inedible parts of grain plant
• Galician: tasco — inedible parts of grain plant
• Galician: muíña — inedible parts of grain plant
• Galician: palla — inedible parts of grain plant
• Galician: coaño — inedible parts of grain plant
• Galician: caño — inedible parts of grain plant
• Galician: puxa — inedible parts of grain plant
• German: Spreu — inedible parts of grain plant
• German: Kaff — inedible parts of grain plant
• German: Spelze — inedible parts of grain plant
• Ancient Greek: ἄχυρον (ákhuron) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Ancient Greek: λέπυρον (lépuron) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Hebrew: מוץ (mótz) — inedible parts of grain plant
• White Hmong: npluag — inedible parts of grain plant
• Hungarian: pelyva — inedible parts of grain plant
• Hungarian: korpa — inedible parts of grain plant
• Ido: palio — inedible parts of grain plant
• Indonesian: sekam — inedible parts of grain plant
• Irish: lóchán — inedible parts of grain plant
• Irish: cáith — inedible parts of grain plant
• Italian: pula — inedible parts of grain plant
• Italian: crusca — inedible parts of grain plant
• Japanese: 籾殻 (momigara) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Japanese: もみがら — inedible parts of grain plant
• Kazakh: топан (topan) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Kazakh: кебек (kebek) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Kazakh: қауыз (qauyz) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Korean: 왕겨 (wanggyeo) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Latin: apluda — inedible parts of grain plant
• Latin: palea — inedible parts of grain plant
• Luxembourgish: Kuef — inedible parts of grain plant
• Macedonian: плева (pleva) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Malayalam: ഉമി (umi) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Maltese: karfa — inedible parts of grain plant
• Manchu: ᠠᡵᠠ (ara) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Māori: pāpapa — inedible parts of grain plant
• Occitan: àbet — inedible parts of grain plant
• Occitan: ac — inedible parts of grain plant
• Occitan: òlva — inedible parts of grain plant
• Occitan: balòfa — inedible parts of grain plant
• Polabian: plåvoi — inedible parts of grain plant
• Polish: plewy — inedible parts of grain plant
• Portuguese: moinha — inedible parts of grain plant
• Portuguese: palha — inedible parts of grain plant
• Romanian: pleavă — inedible parts of grain plant
• Russian: мяки́на (mjakína) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Russian: пле́вел (plével) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Russian: се́чка (séčka) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Russian: поло́ва (polóva) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Sanskrit: पलाव (palāva) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Scottish Gaelic: càth — inedible parts of grain plant
• Serbo-Croatian: плева — inedible parts of grain plant
• Serbo-Croatian: пљева — inedible parts of grain plant
• Serbo-Croatian: pleva — inedible parts of grain plant
• Serbo-Croatian: pljeva — inedible parts of grain plant
• Slovak: plevy — inedible parts of grain plant
• Slovene: pleva — inedible parts of grain plant
• Spanish: paja — inedible parts of grain plant
• Spanish: barcia — inedible parts of grain plant
• Spanish: bagazo — inedible parts of grain plant
• Spanish: tamo — inedible parts of grain plant
• Swahili: wishwa — inedible parts of grain plant
• Swedish: agn — inedible parts of grain plant
• Tamil: உமி (umi) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Thai: แกลบ (glɛ̀ɛp) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Tocharian B: pīsäl — inedible parts of grain plant
• Turkish: kepek — inedible parts of grain plant
• Ukrainian: поло́ва (polóva) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Uyghur: توپان (topan) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Uyghur: كىپەك (kipek) — inedible parts of grain plant
• Vietnamese: trấu — inedible parts of grain plant
• Welsh: manus — inedible parts of grain plant
• Finnish: silppu — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Galician: palla — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Galician: empallada — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Galician: coaño — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Galician: mastullada — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Hungarian: szecska — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Malayalam: വയ്ക്കോൽ (vaykkōl) — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Māori: pāpapa — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Māori: tiawhe — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Polish: sieczka — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Spanish: pienso — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Ukrainian: сі́чка (síčka) — straw or hay cut up for cattle food
• Bulgarian: пля́ва (pljáva) — excess or unwanted material
• Dutch: kaf — excess or unwanted material
• Finnish: akanat — excess or unwanted material
• Galician: palla — excess or unwanted material
• Galician: coaño — excess or unwanted material
• Japanese: 滓 (kasu) — excess or unwanted material
• Malayalam: പതിര് (patirŭ) — excess or unwanted material
• Russian: отбро́сы (otbrósy) — excess or unwanted material
• Serbo-Croatian: плева — excess or unwanted material
• Serbo-Croatian: пљева — excess or unwanted material
• Serbo-Croatian: pleva — excess or unwanted material
• Serbo-Croatian: pljeva — excess or unwanted material
• Spanish: paja — excess or unwanted material
• Swahili: wishwa — excess or unwanted material
• Bulgarian: закачка (zakačka) — light jesting talk
• Finnish: irvailu — light jesting talk
• Finnish: vinoilu — light jesting talk
• Māori: whakatara — light jesting talk
• Finnish: silppu — loose material dropped from aircraft to interfere with radar
• German: Düppel — loose material dropped from aircraft to interfere with radar
• Bulgarian: закачам се (zakačam se) — to use idle language to ridicule
• Finnish: irvailla — to use idle language to ridicule
• Finnish: vinoilla — to use idle language to ridicule
• Japanese: からかう (karakau) — to use idle language to ridicule
• Māori: whakatara — to use idle language to ridicule
• Chinese Mandarin: 取笑 (qǔxiào) — to make fun of
• Dutch: plagen — to make fun of
• Finnish: irvailla — to make fun of
• Finnish: vinoilla — to make fun of
• Ido: moketar — to make fun of
• Japanese: からかう (karakau) — to make fun of
• Japanese: 茶化す (chakasu) — to make fun of
• Māori: whakatara — to make fun of