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[edit] English

A herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

[edit] Etymology

Portuguese búfalo

[edit] Pronunciation

(RP) IPA: /ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ/, SAMPA: /"bVf.@l.@U/
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(US) enPR: bŭf'ə-lō, IPA: /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/, SAMPA: /"bVf.@.loU/
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[edit] Noun

Singular
buffalo

Plural
buffaloes or buffalos or buffalo

buffalo (plural buffaloes or buffalos or buffalo)

Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape Buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Buabalus bubalis.
A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
A buffalo robe.
The buffalo fish.

[edit] Related terms

water buffalo

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[edit] Translations

Old World mammals

Afrikaans: buffel
Albanian: buall sq(sq) m.
Basque: bufalo
Belarusian: буйвал m.
Bulgarian: бивол bg(bg) (bivol) m.
Catalan: búfal m.
Chinese traditional/simplified: 水牛, 水牛 (shuǐ niú)
Croatian: bivol hr(hr) m.
Czech: buvol cs(cs) m.
Danish: bøffel c.
Dutch: buffel m., kafferbuffel m. (Syncerus caffer), karbouw m. (Bubalus bubalis), waterbuffel m. (Bubalus bubalis)
Estonian: pühvel
Faroese: búffil
Finnish: puhveli fi(fi)
French: buffle fr(fr) m.
Friulian: bufal m., bo salvadi m.
Galician: búfalo m.
German: Büffel de(de) m., Wisent de(de) n.
Greek: βουβάλι (vuváli) n.
Hawaiian: pāpulō
Hebrew: באפלו (bufalo) m.
Hungarian: bivaly hu(hu)
Icelandic: buffall
Irish: buabhall ga(ga) m.
Japanese: 野牛 (yagyū)

Latin: bubalus m.
Latvian: bifelis
Lithuanian: buivolas lt(lt)
Lower Sorbian: buwoł m.
Macedonian: бивол (bivol) m.
Malayalam: പോത്ത് (pOththu) m., എരുമ (eruma) f.
Maltese: buflu m.
Norwegian: bøffel m.
Occitan: bufre m.
Polish: bawół pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: búfalo pt(pt) m.
Romanian: bivol ro(ro) m.
Russian: буйвол ru(ru) (bújvol) m.
Serbian: биво (bivo) m.
Slovak: byvol m.
Slovene: bivol sl(sl) m.
Spanish: búfalo es(es) m.
Swahili: mbogo, nyati sw(sw)
Swedish: buffel sv(sv) c.
Telugu: గేదె (gaede), బర్రె (barre)
Turkish: kara sığır
Ukrainian: буйвол uk(uk) (bujvol) m.
Upper Sorbian: buwoł m.
Urdu: بھینسا m., بھینس f.
West Frisian: buffel m.

North American bison

Albanian: bizon sq(sq) m.
Bulgarian: бизон bg(bg) (bizon) m.
Cherokee: ᏴᏑ (yvsu)
Chinese traditional/simplified: 野牛, 野牛 (yě niú)
Cree: ᐸᔉᐙᐎᒧᐢᑐᐢ (paskwaawimostos)
Czech: bizon cs(cs) m.
Danish: bison da(da) c.
Dutch: bizon m., buffel m. (inaccurate translation of buffalo meaning bison)
Estonian: piison et(et)
Finnish: biisoni fi(fi)
French: bison fr(fr) m.
German: Bison de(de) m., Büffel de(de) n.
Hawaiian: pāpulō
Hebrew: ביזון (bizon) m.
Hungarian: bölény hu(hu)
Irish: bíosún ga(ga) m.
Italian: bison it(it) m.

Japanese: 野牛 (yagyū), アメリカ野牛 (アメリカやぎゅう, Amerika yagyū)
Korean: 들소 (deulso)
Lakota: tatanka
Lithuanian: bizonas
Norwegian: bison no(no)
Ojibwe: ᒪᔥᑯᑌᐱᔑᑭ (mashkodebizhiki)
Polish: bizon pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: bisão pt(pt) m.
Russian: бизон ru(ru) (bizón) m.
Shoshone: bozheena
Slovak: zubor m.
Slovene: bizon sl(sl) m.
Spanish: bisonte es(es) m.
Swedish: bisonoxe sv(sv) c.
Taos: kònéna, c’ə́olena (yearling)
Turkish: bizonu
Ukrainian: бізон uk(uk) (bizon) m.

robe

fish

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Afrikaans: buffel
Basque: bufalo
Belarusian: буйвал
Breton: bual
Bulgarian: бивол (bivol)
Catalan: búfal
Cherokee: ᏴᏑ (yvsu)
Croatian: bivol
Esperanto: bubalo
Faroese: búffil
French: buffle m.
Friulian: bufal, bo salvadi
Galician: búfalo
Greek: βουβάλι n.
Hebrew: באפלו (bufalo) m.
Icelandic: buffall
Italian: bufalo m.
Ladin: bo salvare
Latin: bubalus
Latvian: bifelis

Lithuanian: buivolas
Lower Sorbian: buwoł
Macedonian: бивол (bivol)
Malay: misa
Malayalam: പോത്ത് (pOththu) m., എരുമ (eruma) f.
Maltese: buflu
Norwegian: bøffel m.
Occitan: bufre
Portuguese: búfalo m.
Romani: guruv m.
Romanian: bivol
Romansch: bov selvadi
Sami: buffalo
Sardinian: boe aresti, búfalu
Scottish: buabhall
Serbian: биво (bivo)
Slovak: byvol
Spanish: búfalo m.
Swahili: mbogo
Swedish: buffel
Telugu: గేదె (gaede), బర్రె (barre)
Turkish: kara sığır
Ukrainian: буйвол (bujvol)
Upper Sorbian: buwoł
Urdu: بھینسا m., بھینس f.
Welsh: byfflo

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to buffalo

Third person singular
buffaloes

Simple past
buffaloed

Past participle
buffaloed

Present participle
buffaloing

to buffalo (third-person singular simple present buffaloes, present participle buffaloing, simple past and past participle buffaloed)

(transitive) To hunt buffalo.
(US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
(archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.

[edit] Translations

hunt buffalo

Danish: jage bøfler, gå på jagt (gå på bøffeljagt)

Polish: polować na bawoły pl(pl)

outwit, confuse

Chinese traditional/simplified: 愚弄, 愚弄 (yú nòng)

Danish: forvirre, bringe ud af det, sætte til vægs

pistol-whip

buffalo

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