buffel
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
buffel (plural buffels)
- buffalo
- (more narrowly) Cape buffalo
- Synonym: Kaapse buffel
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
buffel m (plural buffels, diminutive buffeltje n)
- A buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or Syncerus caffer.
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Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
buffel c
- buffalo, especially water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
- (figurative) someone (socially) clumsy and insensitive
Declension[edit]
Declension of buffel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | buffel | buffeln | bufflar | bufflarna |
Genitive | buffels | buffelns | bufflars | bufflarnas |
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- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
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- Dutch terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ʏfəl
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- nl:Bovines
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