buffo
English
Etymology
Noun
buffo (plural buffos)
- (music) A comic singer, particularly in comic opera
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare Old French bouffer, originally "to puff up;" both are from Medieval Latin buffa, itself echoic of puffing out cheeks.[1]
Adjective
buffo (feminine buffa, masculine plural buffi, feminine plural buffe)
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Etymology 2
Noun
buffo m (plural buffi)
Derived terms
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Etymology 3
Alteration of puf, from French pouf (“debt”), used in locutions such as faire pouf and à pouf.
Noun
buffo m (plural buffi)
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
buffo
References
- buffo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- buffo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- buffo3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “buffo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
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