bufono

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

French bouffonbor.

Italian buffo

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ōnem

Italian -one

Italian buffonebor.

Esperanto bufono

Borrowed from French bouffon and Italian buffone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈfono/

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• Rhymes: -ono
• Syllabification: bu‧fo‧no

Noun

bufono (accusative singular bufonon, plural bufonoj, accusative plural bufonojn)

1. (historical) jester, fool

   Synonyms: histriono, klaŭno, pajaco

2. (figurative) buffoon

Further reading

• “bufono”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “bufono”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026