name
Meaning 1
A mountainous region in northern Morocco.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
RIF
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
Pronunciation
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/ɹɪf/
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homophone: riff
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rhymes with -ɪf
name
Meaning 2
A former country in North Africa, a republic which existed briefly during the 1920s in what is now northern Morocco.
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noun
Meaning 3
Initialism of reduction in force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 4
Initialism of risk influencing factor.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 5
Initialism of rock-inhabiting fungi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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verb
Meaning 6
To lay off from work due to a reduction in force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
Alternative letter-case form of RIF.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
Etymology
From Arabic الريف (ar-rīf), from Arabic ريف (rīf, “countryside”). Compare Tarifit arrif.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Lithuanian: ar Rifas — region in northern Morocco
- Marathi: रिफ (riph) — region in northern Morocco
- Portuguese: Rife — region in northern Morocco
- Romanian: Rif — region in northern Morocco
- Spanish: Rif — region in northern Morocco
- Tarifit: arif — region in northern Morocco