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English

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Etymology

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Alteration of taffy.

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Noun

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toffee (countable and uncountable, plural toffees)

  1. (uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.
  2. (countable) A small, individual piece of toffee.
    a box of toffees
  3. (Northern England) Any kind of sweets; candy.

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Cantonese: 拖肥 (to1 fei4-2)

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Verb

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toffee (third-person singular simple present toffees, present participle toffeeing, simple past and past participle toffeed)

  1. (transitive) To coat in toffee.
    • 1971, The Economist - Volume 239, page 74:
      The plant will close and three-quarters of Britain's apple toffeeing capacity will lie idle.
    • 2012, Elizabeth Lowry, The Bellini Madonna:
      But all the eating up of shoo-fly pie, and the cooking up of gauzy cumuli of pink candy, and the toffeeing of crab apples, couldn't hide the fact that we were winter-bound.
    • 2015, Tony Weston, Making a Name, page 93:
      The fire had claimed three of Mr. Barry's barns and the wine presses and the oak fermentation vessels were blackened and sprung, the wine-sugars toffeeing the floor.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English toffee.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtofːeː/, [ˈt̪o̞fːe̞ː]
  • IPA(key): /ˈtofːiː/, [ˈt̪o̞fːiː]
  • Rhymes: -ofːeː
  • Hyphenation(key): tof‧fee

Noun

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toffee

  1. toffee

Declension

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Inflection of toffee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)
nominative toffee toffeet
genitive toffeen toffeiden
toffeitten
partitive toffeeta toffeita
illative toffeehen
toffeeseen
toffeihin
toffeisiin
singular plural
nominative toffee toffeet
accusative nom. toffee toffeet
gen. toffeen
genitive toffeen toffeiden
toffeitten
partitive toffeeta toffeita
inessive toffeessa toffeissa
elative toffeesta toffeista
illative toffeehen
toffeeseen
toffeihin
toffeisiin
adessive toffeella toffeilla
ablative toffeelta toffeilta
allative toffeelle toffeille
essive toffeena toffeina
translative toffeeksi toffeiksi
abessive toffeetta toffeitta
instructive toffein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of toffee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative toffeeni toffeeni
accusative nom. toffeeni toffeeni
gen. toffeeni
genitive toffeeni toffeideni
toffeitteni
partitive toffeetani toffeitani
inessive toffeessani toffeissani
elative toffeestani toffeistani
illative toffeeheni
toffeeseeni
toffeihini
toffeisiini
adessive toffeellani toffeillani
ablative toffeeltani toffeiltani
allative toffeelleni toffeilleni
essive toffeenani toffeinani
translative toffeekseni toffeikseni
abessive toffeettani toffeittani
instructive
comitative toffeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative toffeesi toffeesi
accusative nom. toffeesi toffeesi
gen. toffeesi
genitive toffeesi toffeidesi
toffeittesi
partitive toffeetasi toffeitasi
inessive toffeessasi toffeissasi
elative toffeestasi toffeistasi
illative toffeehesi
toffeeseesi
toffeihisi
toffeisiisi
adessive toffeellasi toffeillasi
ablative toffeeltasi toffeiltasi
allative toffeellesi toffeillesi
essive toffeenasi toffeinasi
translative toffeeksesi toffeiksesi
abessive toffeettasi toffeittasi
instructive
comitative toffeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative toffeemme toffeemme
accusative nom. toffeemme toffeemme
gen. toffeemme
genitive toffeemme toffeidemme
toffeittemme
partitive toffeetamme toffeitamme
inessive toffeessamme toffeissamme
elative toffeestamme toffeistamme
illative toffeehemme
toffeeseemme
toffeihimme
toffeisiimme
adessive toffeellamme toffeillamme
ablative toffeeltamme toffeiltamme
allative toffeellemme toffeillemme
essive toffeenamme toffeinamme
translative toffeeksemme toffeiksemme
abessive toffeettamme toffeittamme
instructive
comitative toffeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative toffeenne toffeenne
accusative nom. toffeenne toffeenne
gen. toffeenne
genitive toffeenne toffeidenne
toffeittenne
partitive toffeetanne toffeitanne
inessive toffeessanne toffeissanne
elative toffeestanne toffeistanne
illative toffeehenne
toffeeseenne
toffeihinne
toffeisiinne
adessive toffeellanne toffeillanne
ablative toffeeltanne toffeiltanne
allative toffeellenne toffeillenne
essive toffeenanne toffeinanne
translative toffeeksenne toffeiksenne
abessive toffeettanne toffeittanne
instructive
comitative toffeinenne

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