buffle

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʌfəl/ Rhymes: -ʌfəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle French buffle. Doublet of bubale and buffalo. ==== Noun ==== buffle (plural buffles) (obsolete) A buffalo. ===== Derived terms ===== bufflehead buffle-headed === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== buffle (third-person singular simple present buffles, present participle buffling, simple past and past participle buffled) (intransitive) To puzzle; to baffle. ===== Related terms ===== baffle === References === “buffle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French bufle, from Italian bufalo, from Vulgar Latin *būfalus, variant form of Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /byfl/ === Noun === buffle m (plural buffles, feminine bufflonne) buffalo ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “buffle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === bluffe, bluffé