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Russian
Etymology
буфе́т (bufét) + -щик (-ščik)
Pronunciation
Noun
буфе́тчик • (bufétčik) m anim (genitive буфе́тчика, nominative plural буфе́тчики, genitive plural буфе́тчиков, feminine буфе́тчица)
- barman, bartender
1930, Владимир Набоков [Vladimir Nabokov], chapter 4, in Защита Лужина, Berlin: Слово; English translation from Michael Scammell in collaboration with the author, transl., The Luzhin Defense, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1964:Он засу́нул ко́е-ка́к кни́ги в шкап, побрёл в гости́ную, вя́ло поду́мал, что, ве́рно, уже́ восьмо́й час, так как буфе́тчик зажига́ет кероси́новые ла́мпы.- On zasúnul kóje-kák knígi v škap, pobrjól v gostínuju, vjálo podúmal, što, vérno, užé vosʹmój čas, tak kak bufétčik zažigájet kerosínovyje lámpy.
- He thrust the books back anyhow into the drawers and wandered into the drawing room, thinking listlessly that it must be well past seven o’clock since the butler was lighting the kerosene lamps.
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