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Etymology
Borrowed from Russian буфет (bufet)
Noun
буфет (ʙufet)
- cupboard
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Kyrgyz
Noun
буфет • (bufet)
- snack-bar
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Büfett, from French buffet.
Pronunciation
Noun
буфе́т • (bufét) m inan (genitive буфе́та, nominative plural буфе́ты, genitive plural буфе́тов)
- sideboard, cupboard
- snack bar, lunchroom, refreshment room, buffet
- (historical) larder, pantry (a room for storing food and dishes and preparing snacks and tea)
Usage notes
- This word refers more to a place than to a method of serving food, in contrast with the English word buffet. Hence it takes the preposition в (v, “in, at; to”) when answering the questions где? (= в буфе́те) and куда? (= в буфе́т). In Russian, the method of serving food is referred to as шведский стол (smorgasbord, literally: "Swedish table").
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Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “буфет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress