water buffalo
/ˈwɑtɚˌbʌfəloʊ/
water buffalo noun: a large ungulate, widely used as a domestic animal in Asia, South America. North Africa and Europe: Bubalus bubalis.
Noun
water buffalo (plural water buffalos or water buffaloes or water buffalo)
water buffalo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
water buffalo in Hindi
- large ungulate
- भैंस bhains
water buffalo in Tamil
- large ungulate
- எருமை erumai
water buffalo in Urdu
- water buffalo
- بھینس bha͠is
water buffalo in Bengali
- large ungulate
- মোষ mōś
More languagesFewer languages
- water buffalo in Telugu
- గేదె gēde
- water buffalo in Malayalam
- പോത്ത് pōttŭ, എരുമ eruma
- water buffalo in Punjabi
- ਮੱਝ majjha, مجھ majjh, ਮੰਝ mañjh, ਮ੍ਹੈਂਸ mhains
- water buffalo in Assamese
- ম’হ möh
- water buffalo in Nepali
- भैंसी bha͠isī, भैँसी bha͠isī
- water buffalo in Tagalog
- kalabaw
- water buffalo in Malay
- kerbau, benuang
- water buffalo in Indonesian
- kerbau
- water buffalo in Persian
- گاومیش gâvmiš
- water buffalo in Thai
- ควาย kwaai
- water buffalo in Vietnamese
- trâu
- water buffalo in Myanmar
- ကျွဲ kywai:
Forms of water buffalo
| plural | water buffalos |
|---|---|
| plural | water buffaloes |
| plural | water buffalo |
Questions about water buffalo
- What does water buffalo mean?
- Water buffalo means a large ungulate, widely used as a domestic animal in Asia, South America. North Africa and Europe: Bubalus bubalis.
- What is water buffalo in Hindi?
- Water buffalo in Hindi is भैंस (bhains). See Water buffalo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is water buffalo?
- Water buffalo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce water buffalo?
- Water buffalo is pronounced /ˈwɑtɚˌbʌfəloʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of water buffalo?
- The plural of water buffalo is water buffalos.
Words near water buffalo in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: water buffalo (page history and authors); بھینس (Urdu) (page history and authors); مجھ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); भैँसी (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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