bif

bif

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Biafada.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Biafada terms

bif

1. (gay slang) A public washroom.

• A. F. Niemoeller (January–February 1965), “A Glossary of Homosexual Slang”, in Ralph Ginzburg, editor, Fact, volume 2, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Fact Magazine, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25: “bif n. A public restroom.”

• BFI, FBI, FIB, IBF, fib

From English beef.

bif

1. (Eastern dialects) meat (sometimes including eggs)

   Synonym: (Western dialects) mit

From biograf.

bif

1. (informal, mostly in the definite singular) cinema
   • 2010, Bjarne Reuter, [Fem], Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Og jeg elsker de store biffer i København.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1988, Kosmorama:

     Og hvis filmen så ovenikøbet har været vist på TV, inden den når de mindre biffer, ja så er der ikke mange lire tilbage ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2016, Thorkild Hansen, De søde piger: Dagbog 1943-47, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     I kiosken købte jeg „Aftenberlingeren“, for at vi kunne se, hvad der gik i bifferne.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inherited from Awadhi बिहफै (bihphai), बिप्फे (bipphe).

bif

1. Thursday

• biff

Clipping of bifton, biffeton (“banknote”), from biffe (“wad”).

• IPA^(key): /bif/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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bif m (uncountable)

1. (slang) money, gwop, moola
   • 2016, “Pression”, Mario Dias (lyrics), performed by Ceelo Squad:

     Faire du bif ouais c’est ma deuxième religion

     Making moola, yeah, it's my second religion

   • 2017, “Homicide”, in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Indépendant:

     Mi amor compte mon bif, si t’es ma Tata je serais ton Pablo

     My love counts my moola, if you're my Tata I'll be your Pablo

• IPA^(key): /bîp/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bɪ̂p]

bîf

1. alternative form of tîk (“something heavy falling”)

From English beef. The polysemy is common in West Africa; compare Yoruba ẹran.

bîf

1. meat
2. animal

   Synonym: anima

Fyle, Clifford N.; Jones, Eldred D. (1980), A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 35