buffalo
An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape…An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
» Is that a buffalo?
Це буйвол?
Meaning
8 sensesAn animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
Büffel, Wisent
бу́йволbújvol
бу́йволbújvol
A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
meat from an American bison
The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
(US, slang)A nickel.
(US, historical, slang)A looter during the Civil War.
(derogatory, slang)A large or stupid person.
(derogatory, slang)An obese person, usually a woman.
(derogatory, offensive, slang)A black male.
Examples
58 sentencesIs that a buffalo?
Це буйвол?
Buffaloes have big horns.
У бізонів великі роги.
ruУ бизонов большие рога.
Tom has never seen a buffalo.
Hundreds of buffaloes moved toward the lake.
ruСотни буйволов направились к озеру.
deHunderte Büffel liefen Richtung See.
Is that a cow or a buffalo?
ruЭто корова или бизон?
deIst das eine Kuh oder ein Büffel?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from LatiBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: buffaloes / buffalos / buffaloSynonyms
5 synonyms- any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo:Old World buffalo
- large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains:American bisonAmerican buffaloBison bison
Word family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular