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bump
English
Etymology
From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision", also "to make a heavy, hollow sound, boom”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”). Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”), probably of imitative origin. More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
bump (countable and uncountable, plural bumps)
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- The sound of such a collision.
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- (obsolete) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymically) the faculty itself
- c.1845 Thomas MacNevin, cited in Charles Gavan Duffy (1896) Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45; final revision (London: T.F. Unwin) Vol.II p.100:
- Our task is to elevate the character of the people, raising up, in fact, their bump of self-esteem and suppressing the bumps of servility and fury.
- c.1845 Thomas MacNevin, cited in Charles Gavan Duffy (1896) Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45; final revision (London: T.F. Unwin) Vol.II p.100:
- (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
- (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bump (third-person singular simple present bumps, present participle bumping, simple past and past participle bumped)
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- 2005, Lois Jones, EasyJet: the story of Britain's biggest low-cost airline (page 192)
- Easyjet said the compensation package for passengers bumped off flights was 'probably the most flawed piece of European legislation in recent years' […]
- 2005, Lois Jones, EasyJet: the story of Britain's biggest low-cost airline (page 192)
- (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- 2010, Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Office 2010: The Missing Manual, p. 332:
- A colleague emails with news that her 4:30 meeting got bumped to 3:30.
- 2010, Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Office 2010: The Missing Manual, p. 332:
- (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- (intransitive, archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
- as a bittern bumps within a reed
- (printing, dated) To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.
- (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
- You know about the night the kid bumped Brody?
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
bump
- (Internet) Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
Danish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, compare English bump.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bom?p/, [?b??m?b?]
- Homophone: bomb
Noun
bump n (singular definite bumpet, plural indefinite bump)
- thud
- jolt
- road hump
Inflection
Derived terms
- vejbump
- bumpe
Verb
bump (form)
- imperative of bumpe
Welsh
Numeral
bump
- Soft mutation of pump (“five”).
Mutation
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buffet
English
Etymology 1
From French buffet.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: bo?o'f?, b?'f?; IPA(key): /?b?fe?/, /?b?fe?/
- (US) enPR: b?f?', IPA(key): /b??fe?/
Noun
buffet (plural buffets)
- A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
- Synonyms: sideboard, smorgasbord, (obsolete) cupboard
- Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
- Synonyms: buffet meal, smorgasbord
- A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
- c. 15th century, author unknown, Wakefield Mystery Plays
- Go fetche us a light buffet.
- c. 15th century, author unknown, Wakefield Mystery Plays
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (byuffe)
- ? Korean: ?? (bwipe)
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English buffet, from Old French buffet, diminutive of buffe, cognate with Italian buffetto. See buffer, buffoon, and compare German puffen (“to jostle, to hustle”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?f??t, IPA(key): /?b?f?t/
Noun
buffet (plural buffets)
- A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
- Synonyms: blow, (by any solid object) collision, (with the hand) cuff
- October 30, 1795, Edmund Burke, letter to Lord Auckland
- those planks of tough and hardy oak that used for years to brave the buffets of the Bay of Biscay
Etymology 3
From Middle English buffeten, from Old French buffeter, from the noun (see above).
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?f??t, IPA(key): /?b?f?t/
Verb
buffet (third-person singular simple present buffets, present participle buffeting or buffetting, simple past and past participle buffeted or buffetted)
- (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
- They spit in his face and buffeted him.
- (transitive, figuratively) to aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Buffeted by criticism of his policy on Europe, battered by rebellion in the ranks over his bill to legalize same-sex marriage and wounded by the perception that he is supercilious, contemptuous and out of touch with mainstream Conservatism, Mr. Cameron earlier this week took the highly unusual step of sending a mass e-mail (or, as he called it, “a personal note”) to his party’s grass-roots members.
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
- to buffet the billows
- 1726, William Broome, epistle to Elijah Fenton
- The sudden hurricane in thunder roars, / Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores.
- 1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Ch. I:
- [...] I buffetted heat and mosquetoes, and got the hay all up [...]
- To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
Translations
Etymology 4
Possibly from Middle French buffet (“side table”), of unknown origin.
Noun
buffet (plural buffets)
- A low stool; a hassock.
Further reading
- buffet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
From French buffet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?byf?e?/, [?byf?e??]
- IPA(key): /?buf?et?i/, [?buf?e?t??i] (colloquial)
Noun
buffet
- buffet
Usage notes
The endings of the alternative, somewhat Finnicized forms buffetti and especially bufetti better fit the structure of Finnish.
Most Finns don't know that the letter t in the form "buffet" is silent (and that the letter u is pronounced [y]) and are not sure how to decline this form because Finnish nouns don't end in -t in the singular. They therefore consciously or unconsciously change the ending in the nominative to the more Finnish ending -tti in speaking, despite the fact that the French pronunciation (with [y] and silent t) is the only one listed in the Kielitoimiston sanakirja.
Most Finns have trouble pronouncing the sound [b] and many the sound [f], so the completely Finnicized form puhvetti is in fact widespread in speech even though the spelling buffetti is the most common.
Declension
French
Etymology
From Middle French bufet (1150), from Old French bufet, of uncertain origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing. Compare Scottish Gaelic biadh (“food, sustenance”), buadha (“valuable, precious”). Or, according to the Digitized Treasury of the French Language, from an imitative source akin to bouffer (“to eat (in excess)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /by.f?/
Noun
buffet m (plural buffets)
- sideboard, dresser (a piece of furniture)
- buffet (food)
- (slang) belly
Synonyms
(sideboard):
- crédence
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “buffet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “buffet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From French buffet.
Noun
buffet m (invariable)
- (furniture) sideboard
- Synonym: dispensa
- buffet, refreshment bar
Further reading
- buffet in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- buffé, buffe
Etymology
From French buffet.
Noun
buffet m (definite singular buffeten, indefinite plural buffeter, definite plural buffetene)
- sideboard or buffet (US) (dining room furniture containing table linen and services)
- buffet (counter or room where refreshments are sold)
- stående buffet - buffet (a meal which guests can serve themselves)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- buffé, buffe
Etymology
From French buffet.
Noun
buffet m (definite singular buffeten, indefinite plural buffetar, definite plural buffetane)
- sideboard or buffet (US) (dining room furniture containing table linen and services)
- buffet (a counter or room where refreshments are sold)
- ståande buffet - buffet (a meal which guests can serve themselves)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- bufê, bufete
- bifê (proscribed)
Etymology
From French buffet.
Pronunciation
Noun
buffet m (plural buffets)
- ? (proscribed) buffet (food laid out so diners may serve themselves)
Further reading
- “buffet” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- bufet
Etymology
From French buffet. Doublet of bufete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu?fet/, [bu?fet?]
Noun
buffet m (plural buffets)
- buffet
Further reading
- “bufet” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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