caffer

Translingual

Etymology

Latinization of English kaffir or Afrikaans kaffer (“Bantu”).

Adjective

caffer m (feminine caffra, neuter caffrum)

  1. Used in the scientific names of plants and animals associated with the Bantu peoples of southern Africa.

Usage notes

As “kaffir” is now an offensive term, the International Botanical Congress voted in 2024 to replace caffer with affer in the names of plants.

Derived terms

English

Noun

caffer (plural caffers)

  1. Obsolete spelling of kaffir.

Anagrams

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkafɛr/

Verb

caffer

  1. (literary) impersonal present subjunctive of cael
  2. (literary) impersonal imperative of cael

Mutation

Mutated forms of caffer
radical soft nasal aspirate
caffer gaffer nghaffer chaffer

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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