buffo
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editbuffo (plural buffos or buffi)
- (music) A comic singer, particularly in comic opera
- 2007 January 27, Vivien Schweitzer, “Young Lovers, a Vespa and a Frolic by Rossini”, in New York Times[1]:
- Signor Bruschino was updated from a generic buffo character to an oily, scholarly-looking, suit-clad neurotic, excellently acted and sung by Marco Nistico.
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editCompare Old French bouffer, originally "to puff up;" both are from Medieval Latin buffa, itself echoic of puffing out cheeks.[1]
Adjective
editbuffo (feminine buffa, masculine plural buffi, feminine plural buffe)
Derived terms
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editEtymology 2
editNoun
editbuffo m (plural buffi)
Derived terms
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editEtymology 3
editAlteration of puf, from French pouf (“debt”), used in locutions such as faire pouf and à pouf.
Noun
editbuffo m (plural buffi)
Etymology 4
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editbuffo
References
edit- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “buffo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
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