iff

Clipping of English Ifo with f as a placeholder.

iff

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

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"if and only if"

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪf ən(d) ˈəʊn.li ɪf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪf ən(d) ˈoʊn.li ɪf/

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iff

1. (mathematics, logic) Abbreviation of if and only if.

   A rectangle is a square iff all four of its sides have the same length.

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iff

1. Obsolete spelling of if.
   • 1565, Thomas Stapleton, A Fortreſſe of the Faith &c., Ihon Laet, the 2. part. 112:

     For iff the patient be aſhamed to diſcloſe hiſ wounde to the phyſician which knoweth it not , phyſicke can not helpe him.

• FFI, FIF, Fif.

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

iff (verbal noun tifet, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⴼ)

1. (intransitive) to surpass, to be better, to be worth more

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Inherited from Proto-Berber. Compare Northern Saharan Berber iff (“udder”).

iff m (plural iffan, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⴼ)

1. nipple
2. udder

   Synonyms: abbuc, tinɣi

   Iteẓẓi iffan n tfunast. ― He's milking the udders of the cow.