"RAF" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Rhymes: -æf, -ɛf Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} RAF
  1. (military, aviation) Initialism of Royal Air Force, the British RAF. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Royal Air Force (extra: the British RAF) Categories (topical): Aviation, Military, Organizations Categories (place): United Kingdom Derived forms: RAFA [UK] Related terms: RFC [UK], RNAS [UK], FAA [UK], RAAF [UK], RCAF [UK], RNZAF [UK]
    Sense id: en-RAF-en-name-F77WRrK1 Disambiguation of Organizations: 49 8 29 6 7 Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 43 11 31 8 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 12 21 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 7 14 9 9 11 22 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 7 16 6 6 8 26 1 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  2. (military, rare) Initialism of Russian Armed Forces. (To avoid confusing with the preceding sense, the Russian Armed Forces are more often abbreviated in other ways, like RuAF.) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, rare Alternative form of: Russian Armed Forces (extra: To avoid confusing with the preceding sense, the Russian Armed Forces are more often abbreviated in other ways, like RuAF.) Categories (topical): Military
  3. The German Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction).
    Sense id: en-RAF-en-name-vhFmms8G Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 7 14 9 9 11 22 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 7 16 6 6 8 26 1
  4. (motor racing) Abbreviation of Russian Automobile Federation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Russian Automobile Federation Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-RAF-en-name-kO5wosRP Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
  5. (motor racing) Abbreviation of Russian Automobile Federation.
    The national identifier for Russians in international motorsport while Russia is under ban by the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport supporting the ban enacted by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
    Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-RAF-en-name-wE5wj1Ka Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports

Phrase [French]

IPA: /ɛ.ʁa.ɛf/ Forms: R.A.F. [alternative]
Etymology: Initialism of rien à foutre. Etymology templates: {{initialism|fr|rien à foutre}} Initialism of rien à foutre Head templates: {{fr-phrase}} RAF
  1. (vulgar) I don't give a fuck! Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: en-RAF-fr-phrase-yCSo7ryK 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: 26 7 14 9 9 11 22 1

Proper name [German]

IPA: /ˌɛʁ.aˈɛf/, /ʁaf/ [abbreviation, acronym, acronym] Audio: De-RAF.ogg , De-raff.ogg Forms: die RAF [canonical, feminine], der RAF [definite, genitive]
Head templates: {{de-proper noun|f.article}} die RAF f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der RAF)
  1. (historical) Initialism of Rote Armee Fraktion (“Red Army Faction, German far-left terrorist organisation active 1970–1998”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, definite, historical, initialism, proper-noun, usually Alternative form of: Rote Armee Fraktion (extra: Red Army Faction, German far-left terrorist organisation active 1970–1998)
    Sense id: en-RAF-de-name-PiuzD7nr Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 7 14 9 9 11 22 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 7 16 6 6 8 26 1 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [German]

Head templates: {{head|de|noun|g=m}} RAF m
  1. (historical, Nazism) Initialism of Reichsarbeitsführer. Tags: Nazism, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism, masculine Alternative form of: Reichsarbeitsführer Categories (topical): Nazism Related terms: RAD (alt: = Reichsarbeitsdienst)
    Sense id: en-RAF-de-noun-2fK9ghG0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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        "(military, aviation) Initialism of Royal Air Force, the British RAF."
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        "aeronautics",
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          "text": "This paper discusses ongoing military reforms in the Russian Armed Forces (RAF) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and tries to determine[…]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 August 9, Yi Edward Yang, Challenges to China's Economic Statecraft: A Global Perspective, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 26:",
          "text": "Russia's military intervention in the former Soviet states of Ukraine and Crimea and the Russian Armed Forces (RAF) display of military might[…]",
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          "ref": "2023 March 1, David Kuehn, Aurel Croissant, Routes to Reform: Civil-Military Relations and Democracy in the Third Wave, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 123:",
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      "glosses": [
        "The German Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction)."
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          "extra": "Red Army Faction, German far-left terrorist organisation active 1970–1998",
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}

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