smurf
English
/smɜːf/, /smɝf/
noun
Definitions
- (comics) A blue pixie with white stocking cap, from the media franchise .
- (internet slang) A smurf account.
- (computing) A smurf attack.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish smurf (De Smurfen) derived from French schtroumpf (smurf) derived from German Strumpf (stocking, sock).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Strumpf
Gloss
stocking, sock
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- smurfy English
- smurffi Finnish
- Glühstrumpf German
- Netzstrumpf German
- Schlumpf German
- Seidenstrumpf German
- Strumpf German
- Strumpfband German
- Strumpfhose German
- strumpfsockert German
- strumpfsockig German
- strümpfig German
- brilsmurf Dutch, Flemish
- smurf Dutch, Flemish
- smurfen Dutch, Flemish
- smurfendebat Dutch, Flemish
- schtroumpf French
- schtroumpfer French
- smurf French
- estrumpfe Portuguese
- smurf Swedish
- smerf Polish
- smølf Danish
- strumpur Icelandic
- xì trum Vietnamese
- strumpf Middle High German
- Stromp Central Franconian