Translingual

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin caffer.

Adjective

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caffer m (feminine caffra, neuter caffrum)

  1. (offensive) Obsolete form of affer.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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English

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Noun

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caffer (plural caffers)

  1. Obsolete spelling of kaffir.

Anagrams

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Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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caffer

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

Mutation

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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.