buffalo
English
/ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ/, /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/
noun
Definitions
- Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, , or the water buffalo .
- A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
- A buffalo robe.
- The buffalo fish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian búfalo (buffalo) derived from Latin būfalus, būbalus (buffalo) derived from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (wild ox, antelope, buffalo).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βούβαλος
Gloss
wild ox, antelope, buffalo
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- North American English
- North American buffalo English
- antibuffalo English
- berry English
- bubale English
- buffalo grass English
- buffalo-skin English
- buffaloberry English
- buffaloburger English
- buffalopox English
- grass English
- pox English
- skin English
- *būfalus Latin
- *būvalus Latin
- bubalus Latin
- bufalus Latin
- būbalus Latin
- būfalus Latin
- buffle French
- búfalo Spanish, Castilian
- βουβάλιον Ancient Greek
- βούβαλος Ancient Greek
- *byvolъ Proto-Slavic
- bufalo Serbo-Croatian
- bour Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- βουβάλι Greek (modern)
- βούβαλος Greek (modern)
- búaball Old Irish
- buffalo Northern Sami
- 버팔로 Korean
- βούβαλος gkm
- ܒܘܒܠܐ Classical Syriac