cafre

== English == === Noun === cafre (plural cafres) Obsolete form of kaffir. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kafʁ/ === Noun === cafre m (plural cafres) (obsolete, offensive) Kaffir === Further reading === “cafre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indo-Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Portuguese cafre. === Noun === cafre (ethnic slur) kaffir, African, East African == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.fre/ Rhymes: -afre Hyphenation: cà‧fre === Adjective === cafre feminine plural of cafro === Anagrams === farce == Macanese == === Alternative forms === cáfre === Etymology === Presumably from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”). === Noun === cafre (rare) black African any dark-skinned person ==== Usage notes ==== Very rarely used in modern Macanese. African soldiers who did military service in Macau up until the 1960s were referred to by the generic name landins. === Adjective === cafre black mui cafre ― black plum === References === === Further reading === https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”). Attested since 1516 (Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa). === Pronunciation === === Noun === cafre m (plural cafres) Kaffir ==== Descendants ==== Indo-Portuguese: cafre Macanese: cafre, cáfre → Bengali: কাফ্রী (kaphri) → Gujarati: કાફરી (kāphrī) → Malayalam: കാപ്പിരി (kāppiri) → Marathi: काफरी (kāphrī) → Sinhalese: කාපිරියා (kāpiriyā), කාපිරි (kāpiri) → Tamil: காப்பிரி (kāppiri) === Further reading === “cafre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cafre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkafɾe/ [ˈka.fɾe] Rhymes: -afɾe Syllabification: ca‧fre === Noun === cafre m or f by sense (plural cafres) (historical) inhabitant of British Kaffraria, a former British colony in South Africa (Philippines, folklore) ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees === Adjective === cafre m or f (masculine and feminine plural cafres) (historical, relational) of British Kaffraria (colloquial) cruel and barbaric (colloquial) uncouth, boorish ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: kapre === Further reading === “cafre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 113