Masculine
Meaning
- (masculine) sideboard, dresser (a piece of furniture)
- (masculine) buffet (food)
- (masculine, slang) belly
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/by.fɛ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French bufet (1150), from Old French bufet, of uncertain origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing. Compare Scottish Gaelic biadh (“food, sustenance”), buadha (“valuable, precious”). Or, according to the Digitized Treasury of the French Language, from an imitative source akin to bouffer (“to eat (in excess)”).
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