Meanings
nounwater buffalo (plural water buffalos or water buffaloes or water buffalo)
plural water buffalos · plural water buffaloes
- A large ungulate, widely used as a domestic animal in Asia, South America. North Africa and Europe: Bubalus bubalis.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
Similar
water oxAsiatic buffaloBubalus bubalis
Broader
Old World buffalobuffalo
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bengali মোষ
- মোষ (mōś)large ungulate
Bulgarian индийски бивол
- индийски бивол (indijski bivol)large ungulate
Chinese Mandarin 水牛
- 水牛 (shuǐniú)large ungulate
Danish vandbøffel
- vandbøffellarge ungulate
Dutch waterbuffel, karbouw
- waterbuffellarge ungulate
- karbouwlarge ungulate
Finnish vesipuhveli
- vesipuhvelilarge ungulate
French buffle d'Asie, buffle des marais
- buffle d'Asielarge ungulate
- buffle des maraislarge ungulate
- buffle des rivièreslarge ungulate
German Wasserbüffel
- Wasserbüffellarge ungulate
Greek νεροβούβαλος
- νεροβούβαλος (nerovoúvalos)large ungulate
Hawaiian pipi Pākē
- pipi Pākēlarge ungulate
Hebrew תאו, ג׳מוס
- תאו (te’ó)large ungulate
- ג׳מוס (jamús)large ungulate
Hindi भैंस
- भैंस (bhains)large ungulate
Hungarian vízibivaly
- vízibivalylarge ungulate
Indonesian kerbau
- kerbaularge ungulate
Irish buabhall uisce
- buabhall uiscelarge ungulate
Japanese 水牛, スイギュウ
- 水牛 (suigyū)large ungulate
- スイギュウ (suigyū)large ungulate
- 呉牛 (gogyū)large ungulate
Korean 물소
- 물소 (mulso)large ungulate
Latvian ūdens bifeļu
- ūdens bifeļularge ungulate
Lithuanian vandeninis buivolas
- vandeninis buivolaslarge ungulate
Malay kerbau, benuang
- kerbaularge ungulate
- benuanglarge ungulate
Norwegian Bokmål vannbøffel, vassbøffel
- vannbøffellarge ungulate
- vassbøffellarge ungulate
Persian گاومیش
- گاومیش (gâvmiš)large ungulate
Polish bawół domowy, wół domowy
- bawół domowylarge ungulate
- wół domowylarge ungulate
Portuguese búfalo-asiático
- búfalo-asiáticolarge ungulate
Romanian bivol de apă
- bivol de apălarge ungulate
Russian азиа́тский бу́йвол, инди́йский бу́йвол
- азиа́тский бу́йвол (aziátskij bújvol)large ungulate
- инди́йский бу́йвол (indíjskij bújvol)large ungulate
- бу́йвол (bújvol)large ungulate
Scottish Gaelic buabhall uisge
- buabhall uisgelarge ungulate
Slovak vodný byvol, byvol vodný
- vodný byvollarge ungulate
- byvol vodnýlarge ungulate
Spanish búbalo, búfalo de agua
- búbalolarge ungulate
- búfalo de agualarge ungulate
Swahili nyati
- nyatilarge ungulate
Swedish vattenbuffel
- vattenbuffellarge ungulate
Tagalog kalabaw
- kalabawlarge ungulate
Tamil எருமை
- எருமை (erumai)large ungulate
Thai ควาย
- ควาย (kwaai)large ungulate
Turkish su sığırı, manda
- su sığırılarge ungulate
- mandalarge ungulate
- camızlarge ungulate
- kömüşlarge ungulate
Vietnamese trâu
- trâularge ungulate
Welsh byfflo dŵr
- byfflo dŵrlarge ungulate
Cite this entry
APA
water buffalo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20buffalo
MLA
“water buffalo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20buffalo. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water buffalo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20buffalo.
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