"buffet" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /by.fɛ/ Audio: Fr-buffet.ogg 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: {{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”), {{m|gd|buadha||valuable, precious}} buadha (“valuable, precious”), {{m|fr|bouffer||to eat (in excess)}} bouffer (“to eat (in excess)”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} buffet m (plural buffets)
  1. sideboard, dresser (a piece of furniture) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Furniture Synonyms: crédence
    Sense id: en-buffet-fr-noun-CG5KUkIS Disambiguation of Furniture: 94 3 3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 93 5 2
  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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          "expansion": "→ Danish: buffet",
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: buffet",
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      "text": "→ Dutch: buffet"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Finnish: buffet",
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      "text": "→ Finnish: buffet"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Galician: bufete",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Galician: bufete"
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            "2": "Buffet",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ German: Buffet, Büfett; Büfet, Büffet, Büfee, Büffee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Buffet, Büfett; Büfet, Büffet, Büfee, Büffee"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "it",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: buffet",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Italian: buffet"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "ບຸບເຟ່",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Lao: ບຸບເຟ່ (bup fē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lao: ບຸບເຟ່ (bup fē)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "nb",
            "2": "buffet",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: buffet",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: buffet"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: buffet",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: buffet"
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            "1": "fa",
            "2": "بوفه",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Persian: بوفه",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Persian: بوفه"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: bufet",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Polish: bufet"
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          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "bufê",
            "3": "bufete",
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: bufê, bufete",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: bufê, bufete"
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            "1": "sh",
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          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: bìfē, бѝфе̄",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: bìfē, бѝфе̄"
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            "1": "es",
            "2": "buffet",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: buffet, bufet",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Spanish: buffet, bufet"
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        {
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            "1": "es",
            "2": "bufete",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: bufete\n→ Cebuano: bupete",
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      "text": "→ Spanish: bufete\n→ Cebuano: bupete"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "buffé",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Swedish: buffé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: buffé"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "บุฟเฟต์",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: บุฟเฟต์ (búp-fêe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: บุฟเฟต์ (búp-fêe)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "büfe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: büfe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: büfe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "búp phê",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: búp phê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: búp phê"
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        "sideboard, dresser (a piece of furniture)"
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          "belly"
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        "(slang) belly"
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        {
          "word": "ventre"
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        "masculine",
        "slang"
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    "French terms derived from Celtic languages",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "buffet à volonté"
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    {
      "word": "buffet campagnard"
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    {
      "word": "buffet de cuisine"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffet de gare"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffet du grand jeu"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffet du positif"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffet d’argenterie"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffet d’eau"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffet d’orgue"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffet froid"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffet garni"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffet glacière"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffetier"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffetière"
    },
    {
      "word": "danser devant le buffet"
    },
    {
      "word": "dressoir-buffet"
    },
    {
      "word": "en avoir dans le buffet"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas manquer de buffet"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne rien avoir dans le buffet"
    },
    {
      "word": "n’avoir rien dans le buffet"
    },
    {
      "word": "vin du buffet"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: bufet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: bufet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "bufet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: bufet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: bufet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "buffet",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: buffet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: buffet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "buffet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: buffet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: buffet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "buffet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: buffet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: buffet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "bufete",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: bufete",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: bufete"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Buffet",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Buffet, Büfett; Büfet, Büffet, Büfee, Büffee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Buffet, Büfett; Büfet, Büffet, Büfee, Büffee"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "buffet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: buffet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: buffet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lo",
            "2": "ບຸບເຟ່",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lao: ບຸບເຟ່ (bup fē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lao: ບຸບເຟ່ (bup fē)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "buffet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: buffet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: buffet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "buffet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: buffet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: buffet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "بوفه",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: بوفه",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: بوفه"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "bufet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: bufet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: bufet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "bufê",
            "3": "bufete",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: bufê, bufete",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: bufê, bufete"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "bìfē",
            "3": "бѝфе̄",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: bìfē, бѝфе̄",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: bìfē, бѝфе̄"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "buffet",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: buffet, bufet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: buffet, bufet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "bufete",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: bufete\n→ Cebuano: bupete",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: bufete\n→ Cebuano: bupete"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "buffé",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: buffé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: buffé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "บุฟเฟต์",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: บุฟเฟต์ (búp-fêe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: บุฟเฟต์ (búp-fêe)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "büfe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: büfe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: büfe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "búp phê",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: búp phê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: búp phê"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "bufet",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French bufet",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "bufet"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French bufet",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "bufet"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French bufet",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "cel"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "biadh",
        "t": "food, sustenance"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic biadh (“food, sustenance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "buadha",
        "3": "",
        "4": "valuable, precious"
      },
      "expansion": "buadha (“valuable, precious”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "bouffer",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to eat (in excess)"
      },
      "expansion": "bouffer (“to eat (in excess)”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buffets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "buffet m (plural buffets)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sideboard, dresser (a piece of furniture)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sideboard",
          "sideboard"
        ],
        [
          "dresser",
          "dresser"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "crédence"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "buffet (food)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "buffet",
          "buffet#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "belly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "belly",
          "belly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) belly"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ventre"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/by.fɛ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-buffet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/Fr-buffet.ogg/Fr-buffet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Fr-buffet.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buffet"
}

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