HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of teff | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/tɛf/

Definitions

  1. A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The fine grain of this plant.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Teff Zwerghirse
Español teff
Suomi tefhirssi
Français mil éthiopien
עברית טף
Nederlands teff

Examples

“She begs the cook to help lift the bags of teff and check their weight.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See teff used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course