orf
/ɔːf/
orf noun: an exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans. Also the alternative form of orfe.
Noun (1)
orf (uncountable)
- An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.
Noun (2) capitalized: ORF
ORF (plural ORFs)
- Initialism of open reading frame.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: ORF
ORF
- Initialism of Österreichischer Rundfunk (“Austrian Broadcasting Corporation”).
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Orf
Orf (plural Orfs)
- A surname from German.
Also used as
orf is also the alternative form of orfe.
orf is also the pronunciation spelling of off.
Forms of orf
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | orfs |
| plural | ORFs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Orfs |
Origin of orf
From Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).
See orfe.
Borrowed from German Orf.
Words formed from orf
Words that rhyme with orf
Questions about orf
- What does orf mean?
- Orf means an exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.
- What part of speech is orf?
- Orf can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce orf?
- Orf is pronounced /ɔːf/.
- What is the plural of orf?
- The plural of orf is orfs.
Words near orf in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: orf (page history and authors); ORF (page history and authors); Orf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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