buffel

== 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/ === Noun === buffel (plural buffels) buffalo (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/ Hyphenation: buf‧fel Rhymes: -ʏfəl === Noun === buffel m (plural buffels, diminutive buffeltje n) a buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or species Syncerus caffer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: buffel → Sranan Tongo: bofru → Lokono: boforo == Swedish == === Noun === buffel c buffalo, especially water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) (figurative) someone (socially) clumsy and insensitive ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bufflig ==== See also ==== bisonoxe === References === “buffel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “buffel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “buffel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)