verf

English

Etymology

Shortening of vertex figure.

Noun

verf (plural verfs)

1. (geometry) vertex figure
   • 2012, Jonathan Bowers, Uniform Polyhedra and Other Three Dimensional Shapes‎^[1]:

     The regular polyhedra include the five Platonic solids and the four Kepler-Poinsot solids. Their faces are all regular and congruent as well as their vertices and edges. Their verfs are regular also.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛrf/

Etymology 1

From Dutch verf, from Middle Dutch varwe, verwe, from Old Dutch *farwa, from Proto-Germanic *farwō.

Noun

verf (plural verwe)

1. paint

Derived terms

• olieverf
• waterverf

Etymology 2

From Dutch verven, from Middle Dutch varwen, verwen.

Verb

verf (present verf, present participle verwende, past participle geverf)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to paint

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛrf/

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• Hyphenation: verf
• Rhymes: -ɛrf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch varwe, verwe, from Old Dutch *farwa, from Proto-West Germanic *faru, from Proto-Germanic *farwō.

Noun

verf f (plural verven)

1. paint

Derived terms

• grondverf
• olieverf
• spuitverf
• verfbrem
• verflaag
• verfspray
• verven
• waterverf

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: verf
• Negerhollands: verw
• → Papiamentu: fèrfdó
• → Sranan Tongo: ferfi
  • → Aukan: felifi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: verfi
  • → Saramaccan: féifi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

verf

1. inflection of verven:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative