kaffir

Other forms of kaffir

plural

kaffirs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kaffir

What does kaffir mean?

kaffir means "important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kaffir?

kaffir has 2 syllables: kaf-fir. The stress falls on "kaf".

What is another word for kaffir?

Close synonyms include great millet, kafir corn, kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor, kafir. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kaffir a common word?

kaffir is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.