buffel

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See also: büffel and Büffel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch buffel (“buffalo”), from Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbœ.fəl/
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Noun

buffel (plural buffels)

  1. buffalo
  2. (more narrowly) Cape buffalo
    Synonym: Kaapse buffel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).

Pronunciation

Noun

buffel m (plural buffels, diminutive buffeltje n)

  1. a buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or species Syncerus caffer

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: buffel
  • → Sranan Tongo: bofru

Swedish

Noun

buffel c

  1. buffalo, especially water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
  2. (figurative) someone (socially) clumsy and insensitive

Declension

Declension of buffel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite buffel buffels
definite buffeln buffelns
plural indefinite bufflar bufflars
definite bufflarna bufflarnas

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References

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