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English
Image:African Buffalo.jpg|thumb|A herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

Etymology
Portuguese búfalo

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/�b�f.�l.��/, SAMPA|/"bVf.@l.@U/

• audio|en-uk-Buffalo.ogg|Audio (UK)

a|US AHD|/bÅ­f'É�-lÅ�/, IPA|/Ë�bÊ�f.É�.loÊ�/, SAMPA|/"[email protected]/

• audio|en-us-buffalo.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|buffaloes|pl2buffalos|pl3buffalo

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

Related terms
water buffalo

See also
Appendix: Animals
Appendix: Collective nouns

Translations
trans-top|Old World mammals
Afrikaans: buffel
Albanian: bualli
Basque: bufalo
Belarusian: б�йвал m
Bulgarian: бивол (bivol) m
Catalan: búfal m
Chinese traditional/simplified: 水�, 水� (shu� niú)
Croatian: bivol m
Czech: buvol m
Danish: bøffel c
Dutch: buffel m, kafferbuffel m (Syncerus caffer), karbouw m (Bubalus bubalis), waterbuffel m (Bubalus bubalis)
Estonian: pühvel
Faroese: búffil
Finnish: puhveli
French: buffle m
Frisian: buffel m
Friulian: bufal m, bo salvadi m
Galician: búfalo m
German: Büffel m
Greek: βο�βάλι (vuváli) n
Hungarian: bivaly
Hebrew: ��פ�� (bufalo) m
Icelandic: buffall
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Japanese: �� (yagyū)
Latin: bubalus m
Latvian: bifelis
Lithuanian: buivolas
Lower Sorbian: buwo� m
Macedonian: бивол (bivol) m
Malayalam: പ�ത�ത� (pOththu) m, �ര�മ (eruma) f
Maltese: buflu m
Norwegian: bøffel m
Occitan: bufre m
Polish: t|pl|bawó�|m
Portuguese: búfalo m
Russian: б�йвол (bújvol) m
Serbian: биво (bivo) m
Slovak: byvol m
Slovene: bivol m
Spanish: búfalo m
Swahili: mbogo
Swedish: buffel c
Telugu: ��ద� (gaede), బర�ర� (barre)
Turkish: kara sı�ır
Ukrainian: б�йвол (bujvol) m
Upper Sorbian: buwo� m
Urdu: ur-Arab|بھ��سا m, ur-Arab|بھ��س f
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trans-top|North American bison
Bulgarian: бизон (bizon) m
Cherokee: �� (yvsu)
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��, �� (y� niú)
Cree: �������� (paskwaawimostos)
Czech: bizon m
Danish: bison c
Dutch: bizon m, buffel m (inaccurate translation of buffalo meaning bison)
Finnish: biisoni
French: bison m
German: Bison m
Hebrew: ����� (bizon) m
Hungarian: bölény
Italian: bison m
Japanese: �� (yagyū), ������ (��������, Amerika yagyū)
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Korean: �� (deulso)
Lakota: tatanka
Lithuanian: bizonas
Norwegian: bison
Ojibwe: ������� (mashkodebizhiki)
Polish: t|pl|bizon|m
Portuguese: bicão m
Russian: бизон (bizón) m
Slovak: zubor m
Slovene: bizon m
Spanish: bisonte m
Swedish: bisonoxe c
Turkish: bizonu
Ukrainian: б�зон (bizon) m
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trans-top|robe
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trans-top|fish
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ttbc|Afrikaans: buffel
ttbc|Albanian: bualli
ttbc|Basque: bufalo
ttbc|Belarusian: б�йвал
ttbc|Breton: bual
ttbc|Bulgarian: бивол (bivol)
ttbc|Catalan: búfal
ttbc|Cherokee: �� (yvsu)
ttbc|Croatian: bivol
ttbc|Esperanto: bubalo
ttbc|Estonian: pühvel
ttbc|Faroese: búffil
ttbc|French: buffle m
ttbc|Frisian: buffel
ttbc|Friulian: bufal, bo salvadi
ttbc|Galician: búfalo
ttbc|German: Büffel m
ttbc|Greek: βο�βάλι n
ttbc|Hungarian: bivaly
ttbc|Hebrew: ��פ�� (bufalo) m
ttbc|Icelandic: buffall
ttbc|Irish: buaball
ttbc|Italian: bufalo m
ttbc|Ladin: bo salvare
ttbc|Latin: bubalus
ttbc|Latvian: bifelis
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ttbc|Lithuanian: buivolas
ttbc|Lower Sorbian: buwo�
ttbc|Macedonian: бивол (bivol)
ttbc|Malay: misa
ttbc|Malayalam: പ�ത�ത� (pOththu) m, �ര�മ (eruma) f
ttbc|Maltese: buflu
ttbc|Norwegian: bøffel m
ttbc|Occitan: bufre
ttbc|Portuguese: búfalo m
ttbc|Romani: guruv m
ttbc|Romanian: bivol
ttbc|Romansh: bov selvadi
ttbc|Sami: buffalo#Sami|buffalo
ttbc|Sardinian: boe aresti, búfalu
ttbc|Scottish: buabhall
ttbc|Serbian: биво (bivo)
ttbc|Slovak: byvol
ttbc|Spanish: búfalo m
ttbc|Swahili: mbogo
ttbc|Swedish: buffel
ttbc|Telugu: ��ద� {gaede), బర�ర� (barre)
ttbc|Turkish: kara sı�ır
ttbc|Ukrainian: б�йвол (bujvol)
ttbc|Upper Sorbian: buwo�
ttbc|Urdu: ur-Arab|بھ��سا m, ur-Arab|بھ��س f
ttbc|Welsh: byfflo
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Verb
en-verb|buffaloes|buffaloing|buffaloed

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

Translations
trans-top|hunt buffalo
Danish: jage bøfler, gå på jagt (gå på bøffeljagt)
Polish: t|pl|polowa� na bawo�y
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trans-top|outwit, confuse
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��, �� (yú nòng)
Danish: forvirre, bringe ud af det, sætte til vægs
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trans-top|pistol-whip
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Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:Mammals

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