RAF

• Rhymes: -æf, -ɛf

RAF

1. (military, aviation) Initialism of Royal Air Force, the British RAF.
2. (military) Initialism of Russian Armed Forces.
3. The German Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction).
4. (motor racing) Abbreviation of Russian Automobile Federation.
   1. The national identifier for Russians in international motorsport while Russia is under ban by the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport supporting the ban enacted by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

      Coordinate terms: ROC, RPC, RHF

• (UK): RAFA

• (UK): RFC, RNAS, FAA
• (UK): RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF

• (Germany): Red Army Faction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• 'arf, AFR, AFr., ARF, Afr., FAR, FRA, Fra, RFA, arf, far, fra

RAF m

1. (historical, Nazism) Initialism of Reichsarbeitsführer.

• RAD (= Reichsarbeitsdienst)

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛʁ.aˈɛf/, (acronym) /ʁaf/

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• Homophone: raff (acronym)
• Members and supporters have almost invariably used the acronym pronunciation. Otherwise it is less frequent, but still common.

die RAF f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der RAF)

1. (historical) Initialism of Rote Armee Fraktion (“Red Army Faction, German far-left terrorist organisation active 1970–1998”).
   • 2022 December 18, Kersten Augustin, “Razzien bei der Letzten Generation: Immer noch krasser”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, ISSN 0931-9085:

     Vielleicht ist diese avantgardistische Vorstellung, dass eine Gruppe wild Entschlossener nur überzeugt genug vorangehen muss, damit viele folgen, die einzige ernstzunehmende Parallele zur RAF.

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