buffo
English
Noun
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuf.fo/
- Rhymes: -uffo
- Hyphenation: bùf‧fo
Etymology 1
Compare Old French bouffer, originally "to puff up;" both are from Medieval Latin buffa, itself echoic of puffing out cheeks.[1]
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Alteration of puf, from French pouf (“debt”), used in locutions such as faire pouf and à pouf.
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
References
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “buffo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
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