"sniffa" meaning in All languages combined

See sniffa on Wiktionary

Verb [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} sniffa
  1. third-person singular past historic of sniffer Tags: form-of, historic, past, singular, third-person Form of: sniffer
    Sense id: en-sniffa-fr-verb-H~ZS4mC6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 49 36 5 7 3

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} sniffa
  1. inflection of sniffare:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: sniffare
    Sense id: en-sniffa-it-verb-9on8~zRM Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 48 3 8 2 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. inflection of sniffare:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: sniffare
    Sense id: en-sniffa-it-verb-kF48EM3l

Verb [Swedish]

Etymology: From English sniff + -a. Attested since 1951. Etymology templates: {{suf|sv|sniff|a|lang1=en}} English sniff + -a Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|sniffar|preterite|sniffade|supine|sniffat|imperative|sniffa|head=}} sniffa (present sniffar, preterite sniffade, supine sniffat, imperative sniffa), {{sv-verb-reg}} sniffa (present sniffar, preterite sniffade, supine sniffat, imperative sniffa) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|nopp=1}} Forms: sniffar [present], sniffade [preterite], sniffat [supine], sniffa [imperative], weak [table-tags], sniffa [active, infinitive], sniffas [infinitive, passive], sniffat [active, supine], sniffats [passive, supine], sniffa [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], sniffen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], sniffar [active, indicative, present], sniffade [active, indicative, past], sniffas [indicative, passive, present], sniffades [indicative, passive, past], sniffa [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], sniffade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], sniffas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], sniffades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], sniffe [active, dated, present, subjunctive], sniffade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], sniffes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], sniffades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], sniffande [active, participle, past, present], - [active, participle, past]
  1. sniff, smell something with a series of short inhalations of the nose Synonyms: lukta
    Sense id: en-sniffa-sv-verb-md0emOET Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -a: 51 49
  2. inhale gas for intoxicating purposes Synonyms: boffa
    Sense id: en-sniffa-sv-verb-1-OJEXFO Categories (other): Swedish terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -a: 51 49

Inflected forms

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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
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        "past",
        "present"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "sniffa"
}

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