schroff
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian صراف (sarâf) or Urdu صراف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɹɒf/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒf
Noun
schroff (plural schroffs)
- (India) A banker or moneychanger.
- (Hong Kong) Alternative form of shroff: A cashier's office or booth.
- Pay your bill at the schroff.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃʁɔf/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
schroff (strong nominative masculine singular schroffer, comparative schroffer, superlative am schroffsten)
Declension
Derived terms
- Schroffheit
- schroffig
Further reading
- “schroff”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “schroff” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schroff” in Duden online
Plautdietsch
Adjective
schroff
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