"buffet" meaning in French

See buffet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /by.fɛ/ Audio: Fr-buffet.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-buffet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-buffet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-buffet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-buffet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-buffet.wav Forms: buffets [plural]
Etymology: 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)”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|bufet|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French bufet, {{inh+|fr|frm|bufet}} Inherited from Middle French bufet, {{inh|fr|fro|bufet}} Old French bufet, {{der|fr|cel}} Celtic, {{cog|gd|biadh|t=food, sustenance}} Scottish Gaelic biadh (“food, sustenance”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} buffet m (plural buffets)
  1. sideboard, dresser (a piece of furniture) Tags: masculine Synonyms: crédence
    Sense id: en-buffet-fr-noun-CG5KUkIS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Furniture Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 57 18 26 Disambiguation of Furniture: 95 3 3
  2. buffet (food) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-buffet-fr-noun-ApRs27cV
  3. (slang) belly Tags: masculine, slang Synonyms: ventre
    Sense id: en-buffet-fr-noun-WQZ9oWZS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: buffet à volonté, buffet campagnard, buffet de cuisine, buffet de gare, buffet du grand jeu, buffet du positif, buffet d’argenterie, buffet d’eau, buffet d’orgue, buffet froid, buffet garni, buffet glacière, buffetier, buffetière, danser devant le buffet, dressoir-buffet, en avoir dans le buffet, ne pas manquer de buffet, ne rien avoir dans le buffet, n’avoir rien dans le buffet, vin du buffet

Inflected forms

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        "borrowed"
      ],
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      ],
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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            "borrowed"
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "bupete"
        }
      ],
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "word": "บุฟเฟต์"
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      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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          "buffet",
          "buffet#English"
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        "French slang"
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        "belly"
      ],
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          "belly",
          "belly"
        ]
      ],
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        "(slang) belly"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ventre"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "slang"
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      "ipa": "/by.fɛ/"
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}

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