"TAFE" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /teɪf/ Audio: en-au-TAFE.ogg Forms: TAFEs [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪf Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TAFE (countable and uncountable, plural TAFEs)
  1. (Australia, uncountable) Initialism of technical and further education. Tags: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: technical and further education Categories (topical): Education, Schools Translations (technical and further education): 技術與繼續教育 /技术与继续教育 (jìshù yǔ jìxù jiàoyù) (Chinese Mandarin), ammattikorkeakoulu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-TAFE-en-noun-FQsk3zDt Disambiguation of Education: 57 43 Disambiguation of Schools: 58 42 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'technical and further education': 84 16
  2. (Australia, countable) A college offering courses in technical and vocational education. Tags: Australia, countable Translations (college): 技校 (jìxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), ammattikorkeakoulu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-TAFE-en-noun-H7Xsb-Lc Categories (other): Australian English Disambiguation of 'college': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: super TAFE

Inflected forms

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