see|Buffet
English

Etymology 1
F., of unknown origin; compare Italian buffetto; perhaps related to the noun under buffet#Etymology 3|Etymology 3

Pronunciation
(UK): bo�o'f�, /�b�feɪ/, /<tt>"bUfeI</tt>/ or bŭ'f�, /�b�feɪ/, /<tt>"bVfeI</tt>/
(US): b�f�', /b��feɪ/, /<tt>b@"feI</tt>/

Noun
en-noun

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.

Synonyms
(food): buffet meal, smorgasbord

Translations

Croatian: t-|hr|bife|m
German: t-|de|Buffet|n
Icelandic: t-|is|hlaðborð|n
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Etymology 2
Old French buffet#Old French|buffet, diminutive of buffe; see buffer, buffoon, and compare German puffen, to jostle, to hustle

Pronunciation
(UK): bŭ'fĭt, /�b�fɪt/, /<tt>"bVfIt</tt>/
(US): bŭ'f�t, /�b�f�t/, /<tt>"bVf@t</tt>/

Noun
en-noun

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

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

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

1. To strike or blow with a buffet or buffets.

Etymology 3
Old French, of unknown origin.

Noun
en-noun

1. A low stool; a hassock.

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• 2007-11-13 04:48 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for de, is

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