buffalo

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ/
• (America) enPR: bŭf'ə-lō, IPA: /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/

Noun

buffalo

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

Translations

• French: buffle
• German: Büffel, Wisent
• Italian: bufalo
• Portuguese: búfalo
• Russian: бу́йвол
• Spanish: búfalo

Translations

• French: bison
• German: Bison, Büffel
• Italian: bison
• Portuguese: bisão
• Russian: бизо́н
• Spanish: bisonte

Translations

• French: ictiobus

Verb

buffalo (buffaloes, present participle buffaloing; past and past participle buffaloed)

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

Translations

• French: chasser le buffle

Translations

• French: être plus malin, confondre, intimider, battre

Translations

• French: frapper avec la crosse d'un pistolet

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Buffalo

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Proper noun

1. A city/county seat in Erie County, New York, very near Niagara Falls.
2. A city/county seat in Wright County, Minnesota.
3. A city/county seat in Dallas County, Missouri.
4. A town/county seat in Harper County, Oklahoma.
5. A town/county seat in Harding County, South Dakota.
6. A city/county seat in Johnson County, Wyoming.

Translations

• French: Buffalo
• German: Buffalo
• Italian: Buffalo
• Portuguese: Búfalo, Buffalo
• Russian: Ба́ффало
• Spanish: Buffalo

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