caffer

Translingual

Etymology

Latinization of English kaffir or Afrikaans kaffer (“Bantu”).

Adjective

caffer m (feminine caffra, neuter caffrum)

1. Used in the scientific names of plants and animals associated with the Bantu peoples of southern Africa.

Usage notes

As “kaffir” is now an offensive term, the International Botanical Congress voted in 2024 to replace caffer with affer in the names of plants.

Derived terms

• affer
• Combretum caffrum
• Cossypha caffra
• Dovyalis caffra
• Erica caffra
• Erythrina caffra
• Harpephyllum caffrum
• Maerua caffra
• Protea caffra
• Sclerocarya caffra
• Senegalia caffra
• Stachys caffra
• Syncerus caffer

English

Noun

caffer (plural caffers)

1. Obsolete spelling of kaffir.

Anagrams

• caffre

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (imperative): caer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkafɛr/

Verb

caffer

1. (literary) impersonal present subjunctive of cael
2. (literary) impersonal imperative of cael

Mutation

Mutated forms of caffer

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caffer	gaffer	nghaffer	chaffer

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.