"Mafia" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈmɑfi.ə/ [US], /ˈmæfi.ə/ [UK] Forms: the Mafia [canonical]
Etymology: From Italian mafia. Perhaps from Italian mafia (“spirit of hostility to the law”) or from Sicilian mafiusu (“boldness, bravado”). See the Wikipedia article for more discussion of the origin of the word. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|mafia}} Italian mafia, {{der|en|it|mafia||spirit of hostility to the law}} Italian mafia (“spirit of hostility to the law”), {{der|en|scn|mafiusu||boldness, bravado}} Sicilian mafiusu (“boldness, bravado”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Mafia}} the Mafia, {{en-proper noun}} Mafia
  1. The Mob: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).
    The international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.
    Categories (topical): Organizations Synonyms: Mob, Cosa Nostra Translations (international criminal organisation of Sicilian origin): 黑手黨 (Chinese Cantonese), 黑手党 (hak¹ sau² dong²) (Chinese Cantonese), 黑手黨 (Chinese Mandarin), 黑手党 (hēishǒudǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), mafie [feminine] (Czech), Mafio (Esperanto), mafia (Finnish), Mafia [feminine] (German), Μαφία (Mafía) [feminine] (Greek), Mafia [feminine] (Italian), Mafia [feminine] (Romanian), Mafia [feminine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-Mafia-en-name-en:Mob Disambiguation of Organizations: 60 32 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 37 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 29 10 Disambiguation of 'international criminal organisation of Sicilian origin': 78 19 4
  2. The Mob: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).
    Any other specific organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; often with a modifying adjective, such as a nationality.
    Categories (topical): Crime Synonyms: Mob Translations (organized criminal syndicate): mafie [feminine] (Czech), mafio (Esperanto), mafia (Finnish), Mafia [feminine] (German), μαφία (mafía) [feminine] (Greek), maffia (Hungarian), gyilkosos (Hungarian), mafia [feminine] (Italian), mafie [feminine] (Romanian), mafia [feminine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-Mafia-en-name-en:Mob1 Disambiguation of Crime: 32 53 14 Disambiguation of 'organized criminal syndicate': 25 66 10
  3. A party game modelling a conflict between an informed minority (the mafia) and an uninformed majority (the innocents). Each player is secretly assigned a role within one of these teams, and the innocents attempt to identify the mafia members before they are all "murdered". Related terms (party game): Werewolf Translations (party game): killer (kiu¹ laa², kiu¹ laa⁴) [Hong-Kong] (Chinese Cantonese), 狼人殺 (Chinese Mandarin), 狼人杀 (lángrénshā) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Mafia-en-name-YUjYJtoD Disambiguation of 'party game': 7 7 86 Disambiguation of 'party game': 7 7 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Maffia [uncommon] Derived forms: mafia, mafia state
Related terms: Mafiosa, Mafioso, mafiya (english: mafias; used to describe Russian) [rare], Camorra, capo, godfather, goodfella, 'Ndrangheta, omertà, Thuggee, triad, yakuza

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈmafi̯a/ Audio: De-Mafia.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mafia. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|de|it|mafia|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian mafia, {{bor+|de|it|mafia}} Borrowed from Italian mafia Head templates: {{de-noun|f,s}} Mafia f (genitive Mafia, plural Mafias) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,s}} Forms: Mafia [genitive], Mafias [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Mafia [nominative, singular], Mafias [definite, nominative, plural], Mafia [genitive, singular], Mafias [definite, genitive, plural], Mafia [dative, singular], Mafias [dative, definite, plural], Mafia [accusative, singular], Mafias [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Mafia Wikipedia link: de:Mafia Tags: feminine Synonyms: Maffia (english: superseded)
    Sense id: en-Mafia-de-noun-Neld~s~i Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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