buffel

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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbœ.fəl/

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buffel (plural buffels)

1. buffalo
2. (more narrowly) Cape buffalo

   Synonym: Kaapse buffel

From Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏ.fəl/

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• Hyphenation: buf‧fel
• Rhymes: -ʏfəl

buffel m (plural buffels, diminutive buffeltje n)

1. a buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or species Syncerus caffer

• Afrikaans: buffel
• → Sranan Tongo: bofru
  • → Lokono: boforo

buffel c

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

• bufflig

• bisonoxe

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