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/

• Audio:

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Noun

buffel (plural buffels)

1. buffalo
2. (more narrowly) Cape buffalo

   Synonym: Kaapse buffel

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/

• Audio:

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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
• → Sranan Tongo: bofru
  • → Lokono: boforo

Swedish

Noun

buffel c

1. buffalo, especially water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
2. (figurative) someone (socially) clumsy and insensitive

Declension

Declension of buffel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	buffel	buffeln	bufflar	bufflarna
Genitive	buffels	buffelns	bufflars	bufflarnas

Derived terms

• bufflig

See also

• bisonoxe

References

• buffel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• buffel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• buffel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)