Masculine

buffet

Meaning

  1. (masculine) sideboard, dresser (a piece of furniture)
  2. (masculine) buffet (food)
  3. (masculine, slang) belly

Frequency

C1
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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