buffel

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏ.fəl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: buf‧fel
• Rhymes: -ʏfəl

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

• bosbuffel
• buffelkalf
• buffelkoe
• buffelstier
• kafferbuffel
• waterbuffel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: buffel
• → Sranan Tongo: bofru
  • → Lokono: boforo

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

Derived terms

• bufflig

See also

• bisonoxe

References

• buffel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• buffel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• buffel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)