buffa

== English == === Etymology === From Italian buffa. See buffo and buffoon. === Noun === buffa (plural buffas) (music) The comic actress in an opera. ==== Related terms ==== opera buffa === References === “buffa”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Finnish == === Etymology === Clipping of buffetti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbufːɑ/, [ˈbufːɑ̝] Rhymes: -ufːɑ Syllabification(key): buf‧fa Hyphenation(key): buf‧fa === Noun === buffa (colloquial) buffet Synonyms: buffetti, noutopöytä, seisova pöytä ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuf.fa/ Rhymes: -uffa Hyphenation: bùf‧fa === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== buffa feminine singular of buffo === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== buffa inflection of buffare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuf.fa/ Rhymes: -uffa === Adjective === buffa f feminine singular of buffu === Noun === buffa f (plural buffi) female equivalent of buffu: female clown == Sicilian == === Etymology === From Latin būfō (“toad”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuf.fa/, [ˈbuf.fa], [ˈbʊ-] Rhymes: -uffa Hyphenation: bùf‧fa === Noun === buffa f (plural buffi) toad (Bufo bufo) (derogatory) fat woman ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: buffa (regional) → Italian: Buffa ==== See also ==== === References === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 455: “il rospo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it Traina, Antonino (1868), “buffa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 574 Pasqualino (c. 1790), “buffa”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 214 Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862), “buffa”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 120 == Swedish == === Verb === buffa (present buffar, preterite buffade, supine buffat, imperative buffa) push, shove, nudge, jostle