Buffalo

//ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ//

Synonyms for "buffalo" (110 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Strong matches (33)

Noun(1 words)
buffle

Related words (55)

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More general

5 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

5 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

54 entries

Showing 16 of 54 words.

has context

2 entries

is a

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

part of

2 entries

related to

22 entries

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Translations

191 translations across 119 languages.

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Acehnese

1 entries
  • keubeuë noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • buffel noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Albanian

1 entries
  • buall noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Arabic

4 entries
  • جاموس noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • جاموسة noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • جَامُوس noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • جَامُوسَة noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܓܡܘܫܐ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գոմեշ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ম’হ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Asturian

1 entries
  • búfalu noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Avar

1 entries
  • гамущ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • camış noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Basque

1 entries
  • bufalo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • бу́йвал noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • भैंस noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Bole

1 entries
  • koom noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • би́вол noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • обърквам verb (outwit, confuse)
  • слисвам verb (outwit, confuse)

Catalan

2 entries
  • Buffalo name (a city in New York State)
  • búfal noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • njati noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 布法羅 /布法罗 name (a city in New York State)
  • 水牛城 name (a city in New York State)
  • 水牛 noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Czech

1 entries
  • buvol noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Danish

4 entries
  • bøffel noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • bringe ud af det verb (outwit, confuse)
  • forvirre verb (outwit, confuse)
  • gå på jagt (gå på bøffeljagt) verb (hunt buffalo)

Dutch

4 entries
  • Buffalo name (a city in New York State)
  • buffel noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • kafferbuffel noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • karbouw noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • bubalo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pühvel noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Faroese

1 entries
  • búffil noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Fijian

1 entries
  • bafalo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Finnish

2 entries
  • puhveli noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • puhvelikarppi noun (fish)

French

4 entries
  • Buffalo name (a city in New York State)
  • buffle noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • ictiobus noun (fish)
  • battre verb (outwit, confuse)

Friulian

2 entries
  • bo salvadi noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • bufal noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Galician

1 entries
  • búfalo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კამეჩი noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

German

3 entries
  • Buffalo name (a city in New York State)
  • Büffel noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • Wisent noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Greek

2 entries
  • Μπάφαλο name (a city in New York State)
  • βουβάλι noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Hausa

1 entries
  • baffa noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • pāpulō noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • באפלו name (a city in New York State)
  • בּוּפָלוֹ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • גָ׳מוּס noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • תְּאוֹ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Hindi

1 entries
  • भैंस noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bivaly noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • kafferbivaly noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • megfenyeget verb (outwit, confuse)
  • megtéveszt verb (outwit, confuse)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • buffaló noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kerbau noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Irish

1 entries
  • buabhall noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Italian

2 entries
  • Buffalo name (a city in New York State)
  • bufalo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Japanese

2 entries
  • バッファロー name (a city in New York State)
  • 野牛 noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Javanese

1 entries
  • kebo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • маҗ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Karang

1 entries
  • ndɔkɔ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • буйвол noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ក្របី noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Khowar

1 entries
  • گمیݰ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • mbogo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Kituba

1 entries
  • mpakasa noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Kongo

1 entries
  • mpakasa noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Korean

3 entries
  • 버펄로 name (a city in New York State)
  • 물소 noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • 야우 noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • буйвол noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄວາຍ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Latin

3 entries
  • Bufalum name (a city in New York State)
  • būbalus noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • ūrus noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Latvian

2 entries
  • Bufalo name (a city in New York State)
  • bifelis noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • гамиш noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Lingala

2 entries
  • mpakasa noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • nzale noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • Bafalas name (a city in New York State)
  • buivolas noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • buwoł noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • Бафало name (a city in New York State)
  • бивол noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Makhuwa

1 entries
  • enari noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Malay

1 entries
  • kerbau noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • എരുമ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • പോത്ത് noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Maltese

1 entries
  • buflu noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • kabau noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Mohawk

3 entries
  • Teiohóserare name (a city in New York State)
  • Tetiohoseró:ken name (a city in New York State)
  • Tiotó:ren name (a city in New York State)

Mon

1 entries
  • ပြေၚ် noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • одос үхэр noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Mudburra

1 entries
  • babalu noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Māori

1 entries
  • pawhero noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • nyatri noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Njyem

1 entries
  • nswom noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • bøffel noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Occitan

1 entries
  • bufre noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Old Javanese

1 entries
  • kĕbo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Oromo

1 entries
  • gafaarsa noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • къа́мбец noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • بوفالو noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • قره صیغیر noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Pali

1 entries
  • mahiṃsa noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Pashto

2 entries
  • سنډا noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • مېښه noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Persian

2 entries
  • بوفالو noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • گاومیش noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Beffel noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Polish

3 entries
  • bawolica noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • bawół noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • polować na bawoły verb (hunt buffalo)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • Buffalo name (a city in New York State)
  • Búfalo name (a city in New York State)
  • búfalo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Punjabi

4 entries
  • مَجّھ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • مَھین٘س noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • ਮ੍ਹੈਂਸ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • ਮੱਝ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Romanian

1 entries
  • bivol noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Russian

3 entries
  • Ба́ффало name (a city in New York State)
  • Бу́ффало name (a city in New York State)
  • бу́йвол noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

S'gaw Karen

1 entries
  • ပနၢ် noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Samoan

1 entries
  • pafalo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • महिष noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • buabhall noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Seneca

1 entries
  • odegiyáʼgöh noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • Bafalo name (a city in New York State)
  • Бафало name (a city in New York State)
  • bivo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • bivol noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Slovak

1 entries
  • byvol noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Slovene

1 entries
  • bivol noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Spanish

2 entries
  • Buffalo name (a city in New York State)
  • búfalo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • kebo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Swahili

2 entries
  • mbogo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • nyati noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Swedish

1 entries
  • buffel noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠜꠂꠍ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kalabaw noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Tamil

1 entries
  • எருமை noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Telugu

2 entries
  • గేదె noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • బర్రె noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Thai

2 entries
  • กระบือ noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • ควาย noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Tongan

1 entries
  • pafalo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Tooro

1 entries
  • embogo class 9 noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • njati noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Turkish

1 entries
  • bufalo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎗𐎜𐎎 noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • Баффало name (a city in New York State)
  • бу́йвол noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • buwoł noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بَھین٘س noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • buyvol noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • trâu noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)
  • trâu rừng noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Welsh

1 entries
  • byfflo noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • buffel noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • twm noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Wolof

1 entries
  • nagu àll wi noun (bovid of the Bubalina subtribe)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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Is that a cow or a buffalo?

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A buffalo is akin to an ox.

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Me? I can't even begin to draw buffalo, deer and horses so you can tell them apart.

Source: tatoeba (329495)

When Columbus discovered America, bison (American buffalo) inhabited a wide-ranging area.

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