buffone
See also: Buffone
Italian
Etymology
From buffo (“funny, comical, amusing”) + -one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bufˈfo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: buf‧fó‧ne
Noun
buffone m (plural buffoni, feminine buffona)
- clown, buffoon, joker, fool
Related terms
- buffoneria
- buffonesco
Descendants
- → Catalan: bufó
- → Middle French: boufon
- → English: buffoon
- French: bouffon
- Norman: bouffon
- → Portuguese: bufão
- → Spanish: bufón
Noun
buffone f
- plural of buffona