Phrase guide

African buffalo

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large African bovid, Syncerus caffer.

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: buffel — large bovid
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎱᎵᎧ ᏯᎾᏌ (ahulika yanasa) — large bovid
  • Cherokee: ᎬᎿᎨ ᏯᎾᏌ (gvhnage yanasa) — large bovid
  • Danish: afrikansk bøffel — large bovid
  • Finnish: kafferipuhveli — large bovid
  • German: Kaffernbüffel — large bovid
  • Greek: αγριοβούβαλο (agriovoúvalo) — large bovid
  • Greek: αγριοβούβαλος (agriovoúvalos) — large bovid
  • Irish: buabhall rinne — large bovid
  • Malay: kerbau Afrika — large bovid
  • Mongolian: одос үхэр (odos üxer) — large bovid
  • Polish: bawół afrykański — large bovid
  • Portuguese: búfalo africano — large bovid
  • Portuguese: búfalo cafre — large bovid
  • Portuguese: búfalo do Cabo — large bovid
  • Romanian: bivol african — large bovid
  • Russian: африка́нский бу́йвол (afrikánskij bújvol) — large bovid
  • Russian: чёрный буйвол (čórnyj bujvol) — large bovid
  • Russian: ка́фрский бу́йвол (káfrskij bújvol) — large bovid
  • Scottish Gaelic: buabhall Afragach — large bovid
  • Scottish Gaelic: buabhall Ceap — large bovid
  • Swedish: afrikansk buffel — large bovid
  • Swedish: kafferbuffel — large bovid
  • Welsh: byfflo Affricanaidd — large bovid