Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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adj
Pronunciation spelling of off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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adv
Pronunciation spelling of off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
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name
Initialism of Österreichischer Rundfunk (“Austrian Broadcasting Corporation”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Austria, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Initialism of open reading frame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Alternative form of orfe (“type of fish”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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prep
Pronunciation spelling of off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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History
Borrowed from German Orf.
From Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).
See orfe.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
