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You can make 15 words from mafia according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of mafia

mafia

Etymology

See Mafia. The sense "entity which attempts to control a specified arena" makes an analogy to crime-syndicate mafias' attempts to control certain kinds of business in the regions in which they exist.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑfi.ə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæfi.ə/

Noun

mafia (plural mafias)

1. A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
2. A crime syndicate.
3. A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.
4. (in compound terms such as "moral mafia") An entity which attempts to control a specified arena by violence or threats.

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mafia.

Noun

mafia c (singular definite mafiaen, plural indefinite mafiaer)

1. A mafia.

Declension

Derived terms

• mafiafamilie

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian mafia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑfiɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝fiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑfiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧fi‧a

Noun

mafia

1. mafia

Declension

Further reading

• “mafia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.fja/

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. the Mafia

Further reading

• “mafia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mafia.

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. Mafia (Italian Mafia)
2. Mafia (any criminal organisation)

   Synonym: cartel

Derived terms

• mafioso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian mafiusu, of uncertain origin. Most likely from Arabic مَهْيَاص (mahyāṣ, “cocky, bragger”) (compare Hebrew מָחַץ (“makháts”) to crush, though Piedmontese mafio is considered another possible source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.fja/
• Rhymes: -afja
• Hyphenation: mà‧fia

Noun

mafia f (plural mafie)

1. the Mafia (International organized crime organization)
2. mafia (Individual branch)
3. arrogance

Derived terms

• mafioso
• mafiologo
• mafiosità

Descendants

• → German: Mafia
• → Turkish: mafya
• → Maltese: mafja
• → Romanian: mafie
• → Russian: ма́фия (máfija)
• → Spanish: mafia

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 1987) maffia

Noun

mafia m (definite singular mafiaen, indefinite plural mafiaer, definite plural mafiaene)

1. mafia, Mafia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 1987) maffia

Noun

mafia m (definite singular mafiaen, indefinite plural mafiaer or mafiaar, definite plural mafiaene or mafiaane)

1. mafia, Mafia

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mafia, from Sicilian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.fja/
• Rhymes: -afja
• Syllabification: ma‧fia

Noun

mafia f

1. mafia (crime syndicate)

   Synonym: ośmiornica

2. mafia (trusted group of associates, as of a political leader)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• mafia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mafia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mafia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmafja/ [ˈma.fja]
• Rhymes: -afja
• Syllabification: ma‧fia

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. Mafia (Italian Mafia)
2. Mafia (any criminal organization)

   Synonym: cartel

Derived terms

Further reading

• “mafia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014