buffel

See also: büffel and Büffel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch buffel (“buffalo”).

Noun

buffel (plural buffels)

1. Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

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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/

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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 Syncerus caffer.

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: buffel