"bouffe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /buf/ [General-American] Forms: bouffes [plural]
Rhymes: -uːf Etymology: From French bouffe. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bouffe}} French bouffe Head templates: {{en-noun}} bouffe (plural bouffes)
  1. (music) A comic opera Categories (topical): Music Derived forms: opera bouffe
    Sense id: en-bouffe-en-noun-VLAwh0W~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 2 2 23 29 2 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 1 1 22 32 1 13 2 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /buf/ [General-American] Forms: bouffes [present, singular, third-person], bouffing [participle, present], bouffed [participle, past], bouffed [past]
Rhymes: -uːf Head templates: {{en-verb}} bouffe (third-person singular simple present bouffes, present participle bouffing, simple past and past participle bouffed)
  1. (transitive) To make bouffant. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bouffe-en-verb-4pLR-J-e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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