cafre

Meaning

Noun

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, historical, masculine) inhabitant of British Kaffraria, a former British colony in South Africa
2. (Philippines, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees

Adj

1. (feminine, historical, masculine, relational) of British Kaffraria
2. (colloquial, feminine, masculine) cruel and barbaric
3. (colloquial, feminine, masculine) uncouth, boorish

Concepts

box

📦

chest

coffer

trunk

Synonyms

baúl

cajón

Translations

bagul

caixa

📦

caixó

maletar

Kasten

Kiste

Koffer

Truhe

coffre

cafre

baule

arca

bak

kist

📦

koffer

Hyphenated as

ca‧fre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkafɾe/

Etymology

From Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).