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Translingual
Etymology
Latinization of English kaffir or Afrikaans kaffer (“Bantu”).
Adjective
caffer m (feminine caffra, neuter caffrum)
- Used in the scientific names of plants and animals associated with the Bantu peoples of southern Africa.
Usage notes
As “kaffir” is now an offensive term, the International Botanical Congress voted in 2024 to replace caffer with affer in the names of plants.
Derived terms
English
Noun
caffer (plural caffers)
- Obsolete spelling of kaffir.
Anagrams
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
caffer
- (literary) impersonal present subjunctive of cael
- (literary) impersonal imperative of cael
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.