caffer

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Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin caffer.

Adjective

caffer m (feminine caffra, neuter caffrum)

  1. (offensive) Obsolete form of affer.

Usage notes

In use in botanical scientific names until 2024. See affer.

Derived terms

English

Noun

caffer (plural caffers)

  1. Obsolete spelling of kaffir.

Anagrams

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

caffer

  1. (literary) impersonal present subjunctive of cael
  2. (literary) impersonal imperative of cael

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
caffer gaffer nghaffer chaffer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.