buffalo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubale and buffle. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ/ (US) enPR: bŭf'ə-lō, IPA(key): /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/ === Noun === buffalo (plural buffaloes or buffalos or buffalo) An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis. Synonym: (obsolete) buffle A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison. Ellipsis of buffalo robe. The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.). (US slang) A nickel. (slang, US, historical) A looter during the Civil War. (slang, derogatory) A large or stupid person. (slang, derogatory) An obese person, usually a woman. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A black male. Ellipsis of American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Animals Appendix:English collective nouns === Verb === buffalo (third-person singular simple present buffaloes, present participle buffaloing, simple past and past participle buffaloed) (transitive) To hunt buffalo. (US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate. Synonyms: cow; see also Thesaurus:intimidate (archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip. ==== Translations ==== === References === “buffalo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “buffalo n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present “buffalo n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present “buffalo v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English buffalo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbufːɑlo/, [ˈbufːɑ̝lo̞] Rhymes: -ufːɑlo Syllabification(key): buf‧fa‧lo Hyphenation(key): buf‧fa‧lo === Noun === buffalo (rare) buffalo (especially in a US context) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== puhveli == Northern Sami == === Etymology === Borrowed from English buffalo. === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpuffalo/ === Noun === buffalo buffalo (Asian or African) ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. ==== Further reading ==== Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland