buffet

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.3 Verb 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Noun 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Norwegian 4.1 Alternative spellings 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Inflection

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

French, of unknown origin; compare Italian buffetto; perhaps related to the noun under Etymology 3

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) bo͝o'fā, /ˈbʊfeɪ/, /"bUfeI/ or bŭ'fā, /ˈbʌfeɪ/, /"bVfeI/
• (US) enPR: bəfā', IPA: /bəˈfeɪ/, SAMPA: /b@"feI/

[edit] Noun

buffet (plural buffets)

1. A counter or sideboard from which food and drink are served or may be bought.
2. Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.

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• (food): buffet meal, smorgasbord

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old French buffet, diminutive of buffe; see buffer, buffoon, and compare German puffen, to jostle, to hustle

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: bŭ'fĭt, IPA: /ˈbʌfɪt/, SAMPA: /"bVfIt/
• (US) enPR: bŭ'fət, IPA: /ˈbʌfət/, SAMPA: /"bVf@t/

[edit] Noun

buffet (plural buffets)

1. A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.

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• (blow): blow, collision (by any solid object), cuff (with the hand)

[edit] Verb

to buffet (third-person singular simple present buffets, present participle buffeting, simple past and past participle buffeted)

1. (transitive) To strike or blow with a buffet or buffets.

[edit] Etymology 3

Old French, of unknown origin.

[edit] Noun

buffet (plural buffets)

1. A low stool; a hassock.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Origin uncertain.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /byfɛ/
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[edit] Noun

buffet m. (plural buffets)

1. sideboard, dresser
2. (food) buffet

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

buffet m. inv.

1. sideboard (furniture)
2. buffet, refreshment bar

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Alternative spellings

• buffé

[edit] Etymology

French < Mediaeval Latin bufetum

[edit] Noun

buffet (m)

1. sideboard; dining room furniture containing table linen and services
2. buffet, refreshment bar

[edit] Inflection