stuff

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /stʌf/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /stɐf/
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• Northern-England: /stʊf/
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From Middle English stuf, stuffe, from Anglo-Latin stuffa and its etymon Old French estofe, estoffe, estuf, estuffe, stoffe, from estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.

From Middle English stuffen (“to equip, furnish”), borrowed from Old French estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.

275 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: goed — miscellaneous items; things
• Afrikaans: goeters — miscellaneous items; things
• Bengali: সামান (saman) — miscellaneous items; things
• Bulgarian: ве́щи (véšti) — miscellaneous items; things
• Chinese Cantonese: 嘢 (je5) — miscellaneous items; things
• Chinese Mandarin: 東西 /东西 (dōngxi) — miscellaneous items; things
• Danish: ting — miscellaneous items; things
• Danish: sager — miscellaneous items; things
• Dutch: spul — miscellaneous items; things
• Dutch: goedje — miscellaneous items; things
• Dutch: waar — miscellaneous items; things
• Dutch: stof — miscellaneous items; things
• Finnish: tavara — miscellaneous items; things
• French: truc — miscellaneous items; things
• Galician: cousas — miscellaneous items; things
• Galician: murriada — miscellaneous items; things
• Galician: matarutaxe — miscellaneous items; things
• Galician: zurrumalla — miscellaneous items; things
• Galician: zapicada — miscellaneous items; things
• Galician: trapallada — miscellaneous items; things
• German: Sachen — miscellaneous items; things
• German: Kram — miscellaneous items; things
• German: Zeug — miscellaneous items; things
• German: Ding — miscellaneous items; things
• German: Züüg — miscellaneous items; things
• Greek: πράγματα (prágmata) — miscellaneous items; things
• Hebrew: חומר \ חֹמֶר (khómer) — miscellaneous items; things
• Hungarian: cucc — miscellaneous items; things
• Hungarian: dolog — miscellaneous items; things
• Hungarian: vacak — miscellaneous items; things
• Hungarian: szar — miscellaneous items; things
• Irish: stuif — miscellaneous items; things
• Italian: cose — miscellaneous items; things
• Italian: roba — miscellaneous items; things
• Korean: 잡것 (japgeot) — miscellaneous items; things
• Norwegian: ting — miscellaneous items; things
• Norwegian: saker — miscellaneous items; things
• Polish: rzeczy — miscellaneous items; things
• Polish: bambetle — miscellaneous items; things
• Portuguese: coisas — miscellaneous items; things
• Portuguese: negócio — miscellaneous items; things
• Romanian: lucruri — miscellaneous items; things
• Romanian: chestii — miscellaneous items; things
• Russian: добро́ (dobró) — miscellaneous items; things
• Russian: ве́щи (véšči) — miscellaneous items; things
• Russian: штуки (shtúki) — miscellaneous items; things
• Scottish Gaelic: stuth — miscellaneous items; things
• Spanish: cosas — miscellaneous items; things
• Spanish: bártulos — miscellaneous items; things
• Spanish: trastos — miscellaneous items; things
• Swedish: saker — miscellaneous items; things
• Tamil: பொருள் (poruḷ) — miscellaneous items; things
• Turkish: şey — miscellaneous items; things
• Turkish: şeyler — miscellaneous items; things
• Vietnamese: đồ — miscellaneous items; things
• Zazaki: hımın — miscellaneous items; things
• Afrikaans: materie — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Afrikaans: stof — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Bulgarian: материя (materija) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Bulgarian: вещество (veštestvo) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Chinese Mandarin: 材料 (cáiliào) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Chinese Mandarin: 東西 /东西 (dōngxi) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Danish: stof — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Danish: materiale — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• German: Stoff — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Greek: ουσία (ousía) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Ancient Greek: ὕλη (húlē) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Hebrew: חומר \ חֹמֶר (khómer) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Hungarian: anyag — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Irish: mianach — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Italian: tessuto — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Italian: stoffa — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Japanese: 原料 (genryō) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Japanese: 材料 (zairyō) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Japanese: 素材 (sozai) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Latin: māteria — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Malay: barang — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Norwegian: stoff — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Norwegian: materiale — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Portuguese: material — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Russian: вещество́ (veščestvó) — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Spanish: lo de — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Swedish: stoff — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Swedish: material — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Swedish: stoppning — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Turkish: hammadde — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• Afrikaans: goed — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Bulgarian: нещо (nešto) — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Catalan: dallò — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Catalan: daixò — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Danish: ting — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Greek: πράγμα (prágma) — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Hebrew: דבר (davár) — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Hungarian: izé — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Hungarian: hogyishívják — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Hungarian: micsoda — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Japanese: もの (mono) — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Persian: چیز میز (čiz miz) — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Russian: шту́ка (štúka) — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Spanish: cosa — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Spanish: coso — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Spanish: vaina — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Tamil: இது (itu) — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Zazaki: çêk — word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy
• Danish: tingest — substitution for trivial details
• French: truc — substitution for trivial details
• German: Kram — substitution for trivial details
• Hebrew: חומר \ חֹמֶר (khómer) — substitution for trivial details
• Hungarian: dolog — substitution for trivial details
• Hungarian: valami — substitution for trivial details
• Norwegian: ting — substitution for trivial details
• Norwegian: saker — substitution for trivial details
• Spanish: cosas — substitution for trivial details
• Aromanian: ndes — to fill by crowding into
• Bulgarian: тъпча (tǎpča) — to fill by crowding into
• Burmese: သိပ် (sip) — to fill by crowding into
• Chinese Mandarin: 充塞 (chōngsè) — to fill by crowding into
• Danish: stoppe — to fill by crowding into
• Danish: opfylde — to fill by crowding into
• Dutch: proppen — to fill by crowding into
• Dutch: vrotten — to fill by crowding into
• Esperanto: farĉi — to fill by crowding into
• Finnish: täyttää — to fill by crowding into
• Finnish: sulloa täyteen — to fill by crowding into
• French: bourrer — to fill by crowding into
• French: farcir — to fill by crowding into
• French: fourrer — to fill by crowding into
• French: truffer — to fill by crowding into
• German: ausstopfen — to fill by crowding into
• German: füllen — to fill by crowding into
• German: schtungge — to fill by crowding into
• Greek: γεμίζω (gemízo) — to fill by crowding into
• Greek: παραγεμίζω (paragemízo) — to fill by crowding into
• Hebrew: מלא (milé) — to fill by crowding into
• Hungarian: töm — to fill by crowding into
• Ido: burizar — to fill by crowding into
• Ingrian: täyttää — to fill by crowding into
• Ingrian: tukkia — to fill by crowding into
• Italian: farcire — to fill by crowding into
• Japanese: 詰める (tsumeru) — to fill by crowding into
• Ladino: inchir — to fill by crowding into
• Ladino: reyenar — to fill by crowding into
• Latin: farciō — to fill by crowding into
• Lithuanian: kim̃šti — to fill by crowding into
• Māori: opuru — to fill by crowding into
• Neapolitan: abbuffà — to fill by crowding into
• Norwegian: stappe — to fill by crowding into
• Norwegian: fylle — to fill by crowding into
• Polish: wypchać — to fill by crowding into
• Polish: napchać — to fill by crowding into
• Polish: nadziewać — to fill by crowding into
• Polish: nadziać — to fill by crowding into
• Portuguese: entupir — to fill by crowding into
• Romanian: înfunda — to fill by crowding into
• Romanian: înghesui — to fill by crowding into
• Romanian: îndesa — to fill by crowding into
• Romanian: îndopa — to fill by crowding into
• Romanian: îmbuiba — to fill by crowding into
• Russian: набива́ть (nabivátʹ) — to fill by crowding into
• Russian: наби́ть (nabítʹ) — to fill by crowding into
• Russian: заполня́ть (zapolnjátʹ) — to fill by crowding into
• Russian: запо́лнить (zapólnitʹ) — to fill by crowding into
• Spanish: atiborrar — to fill by crowding into
• Spanish: rellenar — to fill by crowding into
• Spanish: emborrar — to fill by crowding into
• Spanish: retellenar — to fill by crowding into
• Swedish: fylla — to fill by crowding into
• Swedish: stoppa — to fill by crowding into
• Telugu: కుక్కు (kukku) — to fill by crowding into
• Telugu: కూరు (kūru) — to fill by crowding into
• Turkish: tıkmak — to fill by crowding into
• Ottoman Turkish: طیقمق (tıkmak) — to fill by crowding into
• Vietnamese: nhét — to fill by crowding into
• Vietnamese: nhồi — to fill by crowding into
• Bulgarian: натъпквам (natǎpkvam) — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Catalan: embotir — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Catalan: farcir — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Catalan: empaquetar — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Catalan: estibar — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Finnish: tunkea — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Finnish: sulloa — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• French: fourrer — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• German: hineinstopfen — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• German: reinstopfen — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Hebrew: מלא (milé) — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Italian: stipare — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Italian: ficcare — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Latin: stīpō — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Persian: تپاندن (tapândan) — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Persian: چپاندن (čapândan, čepândan) — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Portuguese: socar — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Russian: заполня́ть (zapolnjátʹ) — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Russian: засу́нуть (zasúnutʹ) — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Russian: запихну́ть (zapixnútʹ) — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Spanish: empacar — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Spanish: meter — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Spanish: henchir — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Ottoman Turkish: طیقمق (tıkmak) — to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner
• Esperanto: farĉi — to fill with seasoning
• German: füllen — to fill with seasoning
• Lao: ອົ່ວ (ʼūa) — to fill with seasoning
• Russian: фарширова́ть (farširovátʹ) — to fill with seasoning
• Russian: запра́вить (zaprávitʹ) — to fill with seasoning
• Spanish: rellenar — to fill with seasoning
• Spanish: embutir — to fill with seasoning
• Spanish: embotir (disused) — to fill with seasoning
• Spanish: retellenar — to fill with seasoning
• Thai: กรอก (grɔ̀ɔk) — to fill with seasoning
• Bulgarian: засищам се (zasištam se) — to be sated
• Finnish: olla täynnä — to be sated
• Greek: παρατρώω (paratróo) — to be sated
• Greek: φουσκώνω (fouskóno) — to be sated
• Hebrew: שבע (savá) — to be sated
• Hungarian: tele — to be sated
• Hungarian: jóllakott — to be sated
• Italian: essere pieno — to be sated
• Italian: essere satollo — to be sated
• Japanese: 満たす (mitasu) — to be sated
• Russian: насытиться (nasytitʹsja) — to be sated
• Russian: быть сытым — to be sated
• Spanish: llenar — to be sated
• Bulgarian: засищам (zasištam) — to make sated
• German: voll sein — to make sated
• Māori: hāpuku — to make sated
• Russian: насытить (nasytitʹ) — to make sated
• Afrikaans: vreet — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• Bulgarian: тъпча се (tǎpča se) — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• Dutch: vreten — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• Finnish: mässätä — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• German: sich vollstopfen — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• German: stopfen — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• Māori: hāpuku — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• Spanish: atiborrarse — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• Spanish: empapuzarse — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• Spanish: darse un hartazgo — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• Spanish: darse una hartada — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• Spanish: darse una panzada empacharse — to eat in a hearty or greedy manner
• Finnish: rikkoa — to break
• Finnish: särkeä — to break
• French: péter — to break
• French: déglinguer — to break
• Hebrew: נשבר (nishbár) — to break
• Hungarian: összetört — to break
• Hungarian: eltörött — to break
• Hungarian: törött — to break
• Japanese: 壊れる (kowareru) — to break
• Russian: слома́ться (slomátʹsja) — to break
• Finnish: panna — vulgar: to sexually penetrate
• German: nudeln — vulgar: to sexually penetrate
• Russian: совать (sovatʹ) — vulgar: to sexually penetrate
• Russian: сунуть (sunutʹ) — vulgar: to sexually penetrate
• Finnish: kiilata — to cut off in a race
• Bulgarian: препарирам (prepariram) — to preserve a dead animal
• Catalan: dissecar — to preserve a dead animal
• Danish: udstoppe — to preserve a dead animal
• Dutch: opzetten — to preserve a dead animal
• Finnish: täyttää — to preserve a dead animal
• French: empailler — to preserve a dead animal
• German: ausstopfen — to preserve a dead animal
• Hebrew: פחלץ (pikhléts) — to preserve a dead animal
• Italian: impagliare — to preserve a dead animal
• Polish: wypychać — to preserve a dead animal
• Polish: faszerować — to preserve a dead animal
• Portuguese: empalhar — to preserve a dead animal
• Russian: набива́ть (nabivátʹ) — to preserve a dead animal
• Russian: наби́ть (nabítʹ) — to preserve a dead animal
• Spanish: disecar — to preserve a dead animal
• Swedish: stoppa upp — to preserve a dead animal
• Finnish: tukkia — to obstruct the organs of sense or respiration
• Finnish: panna tukkoon — to obstruct the organs of sense or respiration
• German: verstopfen — to obstruct the organs of sense or respiration
• Bulgarian: подпълвам (podpǎlvam) — to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material
• Finnish: panna täytteeksi — to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material
• Finnish: sekoittaa jonkun pää — to cram the mind of
• Finnish: pakata — computing: to compress in the StuffIt format