See Cuff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "cuffe", "4": "", "5": "glove" }, "expansion": "Middle English cuffe (“glove”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ga", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Irish", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "kw", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Cornish", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "cel-pro", "3": "*koymo-", "4": "", "5": "nice, dear" }, "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *koymo- (“nice, dear”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*ḱóymos", "4": "", "5": "village, home" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”)", "name": "der" } ], "etymology_text": "Various etymologies:\n* As an English surname, from Middle English cuffe (“glove”); see cuff.\n* As an Irish surname, from mac duibh (“son of the dark one”), see Duff.\n* As a Cornish surname, from cuf (“kind, dear”), from Proto-Celtic *koymo- (“nice, dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”); see home.", "forms": [ { "form": "Cuffs", "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "Cuffe", "tags": [ "alternative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "Cuffs" }, "expansion": "Cuff (plural Cuffs)", "name": "en-proper noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "name", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English surnames", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "A surname." ], "id": "en-Cuff-en-name-EMUC1F3L", "links": [ [ "surname", "surname" ] ], "wikipedia": [ "Cuff (surname)" ] } ], "word": "Cuff" }
{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "cuffe", "4": "", "5": "glove" }, "expansion": "Middle English cuffe (“glove”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ga", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Irish", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "kw", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Cornish", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "cel-pro", "3": "*koymo-", "4": "", "5": "nice, dear" }, "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *koymo- (“nice, dear”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*ḱóymos", "4": "", "5": "village, home" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”)", "name": "der" } ], "etymology_text": "Various etymologies:\n* As an English surname, from Middle English cuffe (“glove”); see cuff.\n* As an Irish surname, from mac duibh (“son of the dark one”), see Duff.\n* As a Cornish surname, from cuf (“kind, dear”), from Proto-Celtic *koymo- (“nice, dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”); see home.", "forms": [ { "form": "Cuffs", "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "Cuffe", "tags": [ "alternative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "Cuffs" }, "expansion": "Cuff (plural Cuffs)", "name": "en-proper noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "name", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English proper nouns", "English surnames", "English uncountable nouns", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "A surname." ], "links": [ [ "surname", "surname" ] ], "wikipedia": [ "Cuff (surname)" ] } ], "word": "Cuff" }
Download raw JSONL data for Cuff meaning in English (1.6kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (51d164f and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.