different between ram vs buffet

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) enPR: r?m, IPA^(key): /?æm/
• Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

From Middle English ram, rom, ramme, from Old English ramm (“ram”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“ram”), possibly from *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rom (“ram”), Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), German Ramm, Ramme (“ram”). Possibly akin also to Danish ram (“sharp; acrid; rank”), Swedish ram (“strong; perfect”), Faroese ramur (“strong; competent”), Icelandic rammur (“strong; sturdy”).

Noun

ram (plural rams)

1. A male sheep, typically uncastrated
2. A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
3. A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
4. A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
5. A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
6. A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, a steam hammer, a stamp mill.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rammen, from the noun (see above). Compare Old High German rammen.

Verb

ram (third-person singular simple present rams, present participle ramming, simple past and past participle rammed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.

   The man, driving an SUV, then rammed the gate, according to police.

   Two snatch thieves who snatched a woman’s bag experienced swift karma when their victim accidentally rammed into their motorcycle.

2. (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.

   After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.

   To build a sturdy fence, you have to ram the posts deep into the ground.

3. (transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

   Rammed earth walls

4. (slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.
   • 1999, Mr.Web, Size Matters review by mr. web review Group: rec.arts.movies.erotica

     like feel a soft butt against their pelvis or ram a girl really hard with piston-like speed while she begs and screams for more

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on sheep
• ewe
• hog
• shearling
• teg
• wether

Etymology 3

Likely from Old Norse ramr, rammr (“strong, rank, bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong, overbearing; acrid, rank”), perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above. Compare Scots ram (“a rank odour”). Compare also Middle English rammish (“rank, offensive in smell”).

Adjective

ram (comparative more ram, superlative most ram)

1. (Northern England) Rancid, offensive in smell or taste.

Anagrams

• -mar-, AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RMA, arm, mar, mar-

Catalan

Etymology

Latin r?mus

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ram/

Noun

ram m (plural rams)

1. bouquet, bunch
2. (architecture) flight of stairs
3. (figuratively) branch (area in business or of knowledge, research)

Derived terms

• ramegall
• ramejar
• ramell

Further reading

• “ram” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “ram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ram” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?m/
• Hyphenation: ram
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), from Old Dutch *ram, of West-Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate to English ram (“a male sheep”).

Noun

ram m (plural rammen, diminutive rammetje n, feminine ooi)

1. ram (male sheep)
2. male rabbit
3. battering ram

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ram

1. first-person singular present indicative of rammen
2. imperative of rammen

Anagrams

• arm

Elfdalian

Adjective

ram

1. hoarse

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin r?mus.

Noun

ram m (plural rams)

1. branch

Related terms

• rame

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *arame(n), from Late Latin aer?men, from Latin aes (“copper”). Compare Italian rame.

Noun

ram m

1. copper

Gerka

Alternative forms

• ?am

Etymology

Related to Ngas am (“water”).

Noun

ram

1. water

References

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 201:

  […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-? "water" [GT]:

  (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *h?m) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: Gerka ram [?am, ref. < *ham] [Ftp. 1911, 221] = ?àm "Wasser" [Jng. 1965, 174], […]

Haruai

Noun

ram

1. house

Further reading

• Dicky Gilbers, John A. Nerbonne, J. Schaeken, Languages in Contact (2000, ?ISBN), page 84: "Examples of basic vocabulary items that are shared by Haruai and Kobon but not by Hagahai (on the basis of the lists in Davies and Comrie (1984)) include, for instance: Haruai ram, Kobon ram 'house';"

Kobon

Noun

ram

1. house

Further reading

• Bernard Comrie, Switch Reference in Huichol, in Switch-reference and Universal Grammar, edited by John Haiman, Pamela Munro, page 29 (in notes):

  hol b? kaj pak-ul ram ud ar-bul

  we-two man pig strike SS-1DU house take go I-1DU

  'we two killed a pig and took it home'

• Dicky Gilbers, John A. Nerbonne, J. Schaeken, Languages in Contact (2000, ?ISBN), page 84: "Examples of basic vocabulary items that are shared by Haruai and Kobon but not by Hagahai (on the basis of the lists in Davies and Comrie (1984)) include, for instance: Haruai ram, Kobon ram 'house';"

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian rame (“copper”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ram m

1. copper

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rame, ramme, rom, rem

Etymology

From Old English ramm, from Proto-Germanic *rammaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ram/, /ra?m/, /r?m/

Noun

ram (plural rams)

1. male sheep, ram
2. (astrology) Aries
3. pile driver, battering ram

Descendants

• English: ram
• Scots: ram

References

• “ram, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ram

1. imperative of ramme

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin r?mus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French raim.

Noun

ram m (oblique plural rams, nominative singular rams, nominative plural ram)

1. branch (of a tree, etc.)

Related terms

• ramel

Descendants

• Catalan: ram
• Occitan: ram

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “r?mus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 100, page 39

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin r?mus, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh?ds (“root”).

Noun

ram n (plural ramuri)

1. (rare) branch, bough

Synonyms

• creang?
• ramur?

Related terms

• d?râma
• ramur?
• r?muros

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin r?mus.

Noun

ram m (plural rams)

1. (Puter) branch (of tree, river, etc.)
2. (Puter, education) subject

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom

Synonyms

• (branch): (Puter) manzina

Etymology 2

Germanic borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ram? (“frame”).

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Noun

ram m (plural rams)

1. (Puter) frame, framework

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
• (Sursilvan) rama

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ram f (plural rams)

1. (Puter) knot, gnarl

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ramr, from Proto-Germanic *ram? (“frame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??m/

Noun

ram c

1. frame (e.g. around a painting)
2. frame, boundaries (the set of options for actions given)
3. frame (a context for understanding)
4. paw (of a bear)
5. bicycle frame

Declension

Descendants

• ? Finnish: raami

Anagrams

• arm, mar

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English rum.

Noun

ram

1. rum

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [za?m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [?a?m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [?a?m??]

Noun

ram

1. (Central Vietnam) spring roll

Synonyms

• nem

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)

1. A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.

   Synonyms: sideboard, smorgasbord, (obsolete) cupboard
2. Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.

   Synonyms: buffet meal, smorgasbord

3. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
   • c. 15th century, author unknown, Wakefield Mystery Plays

     Go fetche us a light buffet.

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)

1. 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)

1. (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.

   • They spit in his face and buffeted him.

2. (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.

3. 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 [...]
4. 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)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. sideboard, dresser (a piece of furniture)
2. buffet (food)
3. (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)

1. (furniture) sideboard

   Synonym: dispensa

2. 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)

1. sideboard or buffet (US) (dining room furniture containing table linen and services)
2. buffet (counter or room where refreshments are sold)
3. 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)

1. sideboard or buffet (US) (dining room furniture containing table linen and services)
2. buffet (a counter or room where refreshments are sold)
3. 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)

1. ? (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)

1. buffet

Further reading

• “bufet” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.