buffalo

See also: Buffalo

English
A herd of African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer)
An American bison (Bison bison) in British Columbia

Etymology

From Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ/
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  • (US) enPR: bŭf'ə-lō, IPA(key): /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/
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Noun

buffalo (plural buffaloes or buffalos or buffalo)

  1. Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis.
  2. A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
  3. A buffalo robe.
  4. The buffalo fish.

Derived terms

Translations
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See also
  • Appendix:Animals
  • Appendix:English collective nouns

Verb

buffalo (third-person singular simple present buffaloes, present participle buffaloing, simple past and past participle buffaloed)

  1. (transitive) To hunt buffalo.
  2. (US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.

Translations

See also

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from English buffalo.

Pronunciation

Noun

buffalo

  1. buffalo (Asian or African)

Inflection

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