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

Mutated forms of caffer
radical soft nasal aspirate
caffer gaffer nghaffer chaffer

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.