buffel
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈbʏ.fəl/
noun
Definitions
- A buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch buffel derived from Old French buffle derived from Italian bufalo derived from Latin bubalus 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
- buffelgrass English
- bubalus Latin
- bufalus Latin
- būbalus Latin
- bufalo Italian
- buffelkoe Dutch, Flemish
- buffelos Dutch, Flemish
- buffelstier Dutch, Flemish
- koe Dutch, Flemish
- os Dutch, Flemish
- stier Dutch, Flemish
- water Dutch, Flemish
- waterbuffel Dutch, Flemish
- βουβάλιον Ancient Greek
- βούβαλος Ancient Greek
- *byvolъ Proto-Slavic
- buffle Old French
- bufal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- βουβάλι Greek (modern)
- βούβαλος Greek (modern)
- buffel Middle Dutch
- buffel Afrikaans
- βούβαλος gkm
- ܒܘܒܠܐ Classical Syriac