buffet

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
2. Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
3. A small low stool; a hassock.

Verb

1. (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
3. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
4. To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
5. (intransitive) To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.

Concetti

buffet

bar

colpire

abaco

🧮

credenza

abbaco

colpo

battere

sinonimi

slap

cuff

counter

strike

bar

hit

batter

box

📦

beat

bang

smite

knock

sideboard

push one’s way

squeeze through

squeeze into

smorgasbord

snack bar

snack counter

elbow one’s way

shoulder one’s way

cupboard

knock about

ram

🐏

refreshment room

buff

bump

force one’s way

squeeze between

overcome

poke

pommel

pound

💷

puff

pulsate

pulse

punch

👊

push

rap

scuffle

shake

🫨

shove

shroud

slat

smack

spat

struggle

surmount

swat

tea trolley

Traduzioni

buffet

bufet

Büfett

κυλικείο

aparador

buffet

bar

Buffet

tapkast

μπουφές

plaga

abacus

Schlag

γρόνθος

bar

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈbʊ.feɪ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: buffet

Affine italiano: buffetto

Affine tedesco: puffen

Ereditato da inglese medio: buffeten

In summary

Inherited from Middle English buffet (“stool”), from Middle French buffet (“side table”), from Old French buffet, of unknown origin. The modern pronunciation is remodelled after modern French buffet.