caffer

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin caffer.

Adjective

caffer m (feminine caffra, neuter caffrum)

1. (offensive) Obsolete form of affer.

Usage notes

In use in botanical scientific names until 2024. See affer.

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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caffer	gaffer	nghaffer	chaffer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.