English Explanatory Dictionary

buffet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
noun
  1. A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
  2. The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
verb
  1. To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
  2. 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. To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.

Pronunciation

bo͝o'fā bŭ'fā /ˈbʊf.eɪ/ /ˈbʌf.eɪ/ bəfā' /bəˈfeɪ/ /bʌˈfeɪ/ en-us-buffet.ogg /bəˈfe/ /ˈbʊf.e/ bŭfʹĭt /ˈbʌf.ɪt/ /ˈbʌf.ət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buffet.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buffet2.wav

Word forms

buffet buffets beaufet buffeting buffetting buffeted buffetted

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

sideboard smorgasbord cupboard buffet meal blow collision cuff batter

Derived words

autobuffet buffet bowling buffet car buffeteria finger buffet fork buffet scatter buffet tea buffet pluck-buffet

Translations

Armenian: ֆուրշետ Belarusian: шве́дскі стол Bulgarian: бюфе́т Bulgarian: шве́дска ма́са Catalan: bufet Chinese Mandarin: 自助餐 Chuvash: фуршет Czech: švédský stůl Esperanto: bufedo Estonian: rootsi laud Finnish: noutopöytä Finnish: seisova pöytä Finnish: buffetti German: Buffet Hebrew: מִזְנוֹן Hebrew: בּוּפֶה Indonesian: bufet Indonesian: prasmanan Japanese: 食べ放題 Japanese: バイキング Kazakh: фуршет Lao: ບຸບເຟ່ Lithuanian: furšetas Macedonian: шведска маса Malay: bufet Polish: szwedzki stół Polish: bufet szwedzki Polish: bufet Portuguese: bufê Russian: буфе́т Russian: фурше́т Russian: шве́дский стол Serbo-Croatian: шве̏дскӣ сто̑л Serbo-Croatian: шве̏дскӣ сто̑ Serbo-Croatian: švȅdskī stȏl Serbo-Croatian: švȅdskī stȏ Slovak: švédsky stôl Spanish: bufé Spanish: bufet Spanish: ambigú Spanish: comida Spanish: servicio de comida Swedish: buffé Tagalog: tintimpye Tagalog: sariling-kuha Tagalog: sariling-silbi Thai: บุฟเฟต์ Ukrainian: фурше́т Ukrainian: шве́дський стіл Vietnamese: búp phê Vietnamese: buffet
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