blef

Polish

Alternative forms

• bluff

Etymology

Etymology tree

English bluffbor.

French bluffbor.

Polish blef

Borrowed from French bluff, borrowed from English bluff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛf/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Syllabification: blef

Noun

blef m inan

1. (card games) bluff (act of bluffing)
2. bluff, four-flush

   czysty blef ― a bluff

   zwykły blef ― a bluff

Declension

Declension of blef

	singular	plural
nominative	blef	blefy
genitive	blefu	blefów
dative	blefowi	blefom
accusative	blef	blefy
instrumental	blefem	blefami
locative	blefie	blefach
vocative	blefie	blefy

Derived terms

noun

• blefiarz

verbs

• blefować impf
• zablefować pf

Further reading

• “blef”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “blef”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bluff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blêf/

Noun

blȅf m inan (Cyrillic spelling бле̏ф)

1. bluff

Declension

Declension of blef

	singular	plural
nominative	blȅf	blèfovi
genitive	blefa	blefova
dative	blefu	blefovima
accusative	blef	blefove
vocative	blefe	blefovi
locative	blefu	blefovima
instrumental	blefom	blefovima

References

• “blef”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Verb

blef

1. (obsolete) past indicative of blifva