buffel
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch buffel (“buffalo”).
Noun
buffel (plural buffels)
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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
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: buffel
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- af:Mammals
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- nl:Bovines