different between buffon vs dupe

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?f.?n/

Noun

buffon (plural buffons)

1. Synonym of buffont
   • 1989, Marion Sichel, History of women's costume (Chelsea House Pub), page 36:

     The front was always covered with a buffon or neckerchief. The skirt of the coat was ground length and full, the coat itself buttoning from the base to show the petticoat underneath. Sleeves were long and tight, buttoning at the wrists.

Further reading

• 2013, Mary Brooks Picken, The Language of Fashion Dictionary and Digest of Fabric, Sewing and Dress, Read Books Ltd (?ISBN)

Middle French

Noun

buffon m (plural buffons)

1. Alternative form of boufon

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dju?p/
• Hyphenation: dupe

Etymology 1

From French duper, from Middle French duppe.

Noun

dupe (plural dupes)

1. A person who has been deceived.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dupe

Related terms

• dupery

Translations

Verb

dupe (third-person singular simple present dupes, present participle duping, simple past and past participle duped)

1. To swindle, deceive, or trick.

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of duplicate.

Noun

dupe (plural dupes)

1. (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.
2. (restaurant industry) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
3. (informal) A duplicate.

Verb

dupe (third-person singular simple present dupes, present participle duping, simple past and past participle duped)

1. (transitive) To duplicate.

Synonyms

• double; see also Thesaurus:duplicate

Antonyms

• dedupe, halve

Anagrams

• E'd up, pued

Bube

Noun

dupe

1. ghost

Descendants

• English: duppy

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dupe, from Middle French [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dyp?/
• Hyphenation: du?pe

Noun

dupe m (plural dupes)

1. victim

Synonyms

• slachtoffer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyp/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /dz?p/

Verb

dupe

1. first-person singular present indicative of duper
2. third-person singular present indicative of duper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of duper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of duper
5. second-person singular imperative of duper

Noun

dupe f (plural dupes)

1. A person who has been deceived, see dupe.

Further reading

• “dupe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dup?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dûpe/

Noun

d?pe n (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (vulgar) ass

   Synonym: gùzica

Declension