cafre

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

cafre m (plural cafres)

1. (obsolete, offensive) Kaffir

Further reading

• “cafre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.fre/
• Rhymes: -afre
• Hyphenation: cà‧fre

Adjective

cafre

1. feminine plural of cafro

Anagrams

• farce

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”). Attested since 1516 (Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa).

Noun

cafre m (plural cafres)

1. Kaffir

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkafɾe/ [ˈka.fɾe]

Etymology

From Portuguese cafre.

Noun

cafre m or f (plural cafres)

1. (historical) inhabitant of British Kaffraria, a former British colony in South Africa

Adjective

cafre m or f (masculine and feminine plural cafres)

1. (historical, relational) of British Kaffraria
2. (colloquial) cruel and barbaric
3. (colloquial) uncouth, boorish

Further reading

• “cafre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014