bufon

See also: bufón

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbufon/
  • Rhymes: -ufon
  • Syllabification: bu‧fon

Noun

bufon

  1. accusative singular of bufo

Polish

Etymology

    Borrowed from French bouffon.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbu.fɔn/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ufɔn
    • Syllabification: bu‧fon

    Noun

    bufon m pers (female equivalent bufonka, related adjective bufoński)

    1. (derogatory, literary) snob, swelled head, cockalorum, turkey-cock (selfish, conceited person)
      Synonyms: nadęciak, samochwała, ważniak

    Declension

    Declension of bufon
    singular plural
    nominative bufon bufoni, bufonowie, bufony1
    genitive bufona bufonów
    dative bufonowi bufonom
    accusative bufona bufonów
    instrumental bufonem bufonami
    locative bufonie bufonach
    vocative bufonie bufoni, bufonowie

    1Deprecative.

    Derived terms

    adjectives
    • bufoniasty
    • bufonowaty
    verbs
    • bufonować impf
    adverbs
    • bufoniasto
    • bufonowato
    nouns

    Further reading

    • “bufon”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • “bufon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)

    Romanian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from French bouffon.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /buˈfon/

      Noun

      bufon m (plural bufoni, feminine equivalent bufonă)

      1. a fool; a type of comic, similar to a court jester

      Declension

      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative bufon bufonul bufoni bufonii
      genitive-dative bufon bufonului bufoni bufonilor
      vocative bufonule bufonilor