buffalo

CEFRB2

/ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large wild animal related to cattle, found in Africa or Asia.

  2. 02

    noun

    An American bison, especially in informal use.

Examples

  • A buffalo is akin to an ox.

  • Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.

  2. Ellipsis of buffalo robe.

  3. An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

More examples

In context

  • Is that a cow or a buffalo?

  • "It must be a very wild stretch of country, and full of big game. I have always wanted to kill a buffalo before I die."

  • And on this board were frightful swords and knives that are made in a great cavern by swinking demons out of white flames that they fix in the horns of buffalos and stags that there abound marvellously.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubale and buffle.