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.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

cafre

1. feminine plural of cafro

Anagrams

• farce

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.fɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.fɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.fɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.fɾ(ɨ)/

Noun

cafre m (plural cafres)

1. Kaffir

Spanish

Etymology

From Portuguese cafre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkafɾe/ [ˈka.fɾe]
• Rhymes: -afɾe
• Syllabification: ca‧fre

Noun

cafre m or f (plural cafres)

1. (historical) inhabitant of British Kaffraria, a former British colony in South Africa
2. (Philippines, folklore) ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees

Adjective

cafre (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