tuff en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /tʊf/ (Northern-England)
- /tɐf/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /tʌf/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-der. Proto-Italic *tūβosder. Oscanbor.? Latin tōfusder. Italian tufobor. French tufbor. English tuff From French tuffe, tuf, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus. Doublet of tufa.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
This is what makes an ignimbrite; the general term for this kind of volcaniclastic rock is ‘tuff’.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 9n:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tuffs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
tuffaceous · tuff breccia · tuffite · calc-tuff · tufflava
Synonyms
Translations (35)
bg туф (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · pt tofo (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · es toba (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · vi đá túp (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · es tufo (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · ca tuf (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · grc πῶρος (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · it tufo (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · de Tuffstein (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · ko 응회암 (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · pl tuf wulkaniczny (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · eu toba (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · hy տուֆ (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · fr tuf volcanique (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · el τόφφος (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · is móberg (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · ru вулкани́ческий туф (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · fr tuf (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · uk вулканічний туф (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · tr tüf (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · cy twff (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · cs tuf (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · hu tufa (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · nv dleesh (rhyolitic tuff) (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · fi tuffi (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · cmn 凝灰岩 (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · ja 凝灰岩 (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · jv ꦮꦠꦸꦥꦸꦠꦶꦃ (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · nl tufsteen (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · gl tufo (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · ro tuf (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · de Tuff (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · ga tuf (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · sh sedra (rock consolidated from volcanic ash) · sv tuff (rock consolidated from volcanic ash)