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.
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? — Ahha
Buffaloes have big horns.
У бізонів великі роги. — deniko
ruУ бизонов большие рога. — MikaM
Tom has never seen a buffalo.
Hundreds of buffaloes moved toward the lake.
ruСотни буйволов направились к озеру. — Lenin_1917
deHunderte Büffel liefen Richtung See. — Yorwba
Is that a cow or a buffalo?
ruЭто корова или бизон? — afyodor
deIst das eine Kuh oder ein Büffel? — mayabe
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
28 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.