Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teff

/tɛf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
teff
IPA
/tɛf/
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The fine grain of this plant.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

teffs (plural) tef (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

injera

Synonyms

teff grass eragrostis tef eragrostic abyssinica

Rhymes With

jeff chef deaf af ref def gf raf geoff steph eff ef

Questions

How do you pronounce teff?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɛf/.
What does teff mean?
A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
Where does teff come from?
Borrowed from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff).

How to pronounce teff

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