maffia

maffia (plural maffias)

1. Dated form of mafia.

From Italian. Perhaps from Italian mafia (“spirit of hostility to the law”) or from Sicilian mafia (“boldness, bravado”). See the Wikipedia article for more discussion of the origin of the word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.fi.aː/

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• Hyphenation: maf‧fia

maffia f or m (plural maffia's, diminutive maffiaatje n)

1. mafia

• maffiabaas
• maffiamaat

maffia f (plural maffias)

1. Alternative spelling of mafia

• “maffia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒfːijɒ]
• Hyphenation: maf‧fia
• Rhymes: -jɒ

maffia (plural maffiák)

1. mafia

• maffia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

maffia m (definite singular maffiaen, indefinite plural maffiaer, definite plural maffiaene)

1. form removed by a 1987 spelling decision; superseded by mafia

maffia m (definite singular maffiaen, indefinite plural maffiaer or maffiaar, definite plural maffiaene or maffiaane)

1. (pre-1987) alternative form of mafia

maffia c

1. a mafia

• mafioso

• maffia in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• maffia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• maffia in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)