buffet

  • 11Buffet — [Wichtig (Rating 3200 5600)] Bsp.: • Wir werden ein Buffet machen. • Dieses Restaurant hat ein wirklich gutes Mittags Buffet …

    Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • 12Buffet — Buf fet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buffeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Buffeting}.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun.] 1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. [1913 Webster] They spit in his face and buffeted… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13Buffet — (fr.; pronunc. [bufé] o [bufét]) m. Bufé. * * * Buffet, Bernard …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 14Buffet — Nom très fréquent, notamment dans les Ardennes et la Marne. Son sens n est pas très clair, car il y a plusieurs interprétations. Le nom commun buffet existe au moyen âge et désigne un soufflet pour le foyer (peut être alors un fabricant de… …

    Noms de famille

  • 15buffet — meaning refreshments, is pronounced buh fay or (especially in buffet car) buf ay. In AmE the stress is on the second syllable, pronounced the same way …

    Modern English usage

  • 16buffet — [n] meal set out on table for choosing café, cafeteria, cold table, counter, cupboard, lunch wagon, salad bar, shelf, sideboard, smorgasbord, snack bar; concepts 443,459 buffet [v] hit repeatedly bang, batter, beat, blow, box, bump, clobber, cuff …

    New thesaurus

  • 17buffet — Ⅰ. buffet [1] ► NOUN 1) a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves. 2) a room or counter selling light meals or snacks. 3) a sideboard or cupboard for crockery. ORIGIN Old French bufet stool . Ⅱ …

    English terms dictionary

  • 18buffet — buffet1 [buf′it] n. [ME < OFr, dim. of buffe, a blow: prob. echoic] 1. a blow with the hand or fist 2. any blow or shock [the buffets of fate] vt. 1. to hit with the hand or fist; punch; slap 2. to beat back as by repeated blows [the waves b …

    English World dictionary

  • 19Buffet — (fr., spr. Büffäh), 1) Schenktisch; 2) Trinkstube der Gerichtsherren; 3) abgesonderter, gewöhnlich decorirter Raum in Vergnügungslocalen, Wartezimmern u. dergl., zur Vorlegung u. Verabreichung der Speisen u. Getränke; daher Buffetiren, viel… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 20Buffet [1] — Buffet, Speiseschrank etc., s. Büfett …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon