bufniță

== Romanian == === Etymology === Diminutive of less common bufnă (“owl”) +‎ -iță, from dialectal buf, bufă, from Late Latin būfus (“owl”). Compare Albanian buf, Spanish búho. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuf.ni.t͡sə/ === Noun === bufniță f (plural bufnițe) owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes) Synonym: (Bubo bubo) buhă (familiar) a shrewish woman, harpy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bufniță-de-hambar bufniță polară papagal-bufniță ==== Related terms ==== buf bufnă buhos === See also === ciuf ciuf-de-câmp ciuf-de-pădure cucuvea huhurez huhurez mic kakapo strigide strigiformă uhu === References === “bufniță”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026