Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coff

/kɒf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: coff
IPA: /kɒf/

12

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To buy, purchase.

Transitive verb

verb

Eye dialect spelling of cough.

Example Sentences

"I got a little manikin, I set him on my thoomiken; I saddled him, I bridled him, I sent him to the tooniken: I coffed a pair o' garters to tie his little hosiken;"
"that mothah as often as fambly prayers were said mawnins as the years went by, would wrap her nice, clean tow apron about her boy, as she coffed and choked and pressed her baby to her soah side"

Etymology

Attested from the 15th century. Likely from Scots coft, or from Middle Dutch or other Germanic cofte. Compare German kaufen.

Word Breakdown

Root: coft, -

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

coffs (present, singular) coffing (participle, present) coffed (participle, past) coffed (past) coft (participle, past) coft (past)

Homonyms

qoph

Questions

How do you pronounce coff?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɒf/.
What does coff mean?: To buy, purchase.
Where does coff come from?: Attested from the 15th century. Likely from Scots coft, or from Middle Dutch or other Germanic cofte. Compare German kaufen.

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