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/

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