different between singer vs buffo

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing +? -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s???/
• (General American) enPR: s?ng??r IPA^(key): /?s???/
• Rhymes: -???(?)

Noun

singer (plural singers)

1. A person who sings, often professionally.
2. (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.

Synonyms

• (person who sings): cantor, chanter

Hyponyms

• (person who sings):
  • (female): cantrix (archaic), chanteuse, chantress, singeress (obsolete, rare), songstress
  • (male): songster

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (shing?)

Translations

Etymology 2

From singe +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nd???(?)/
• Rhymes: -?nd??(?)

Noun

singer (plural singers)

1. A person who, or device which, singes.
2. A machine for singeing cloth.

Translations

Anagrams

• Greins, Negris, nigres, re-nigs, re-sign, reigns, renigs, resign, resing, ringes, signer

French

Etymology

In at least the ape sense, from singe (“monkey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.?e/

Verb

singer

1. to ape
2. to sprinkle with flour

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written singe- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• signer

English

Etymology

From Italian buffo.

Noun

buffo (plural buffos)

1. (music) A comic singer, particularly in comic opera

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?buf.fo/
• Rhymes: -uffo
• Hyphenation: bùf?fo

Etymology 1

Compare Old French bouffer, originally "to puff up;" both are from Medieval Latin buffa, itself echoic of puffing out cheeks.

Adjective

buffo (feminine buffa, masculine plural buffi, feminine plural buffe)

1. funny, comical, amusing
2. strange, odd, goofy
3. whimsical
4. playful

Derived terms

• buffamente

Related terms

• buffa
• buffare

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

buffo m (plural buffi)

1. gust (of wind)

   Synonyms: folata, soffio

2. puff (of smoke)

   Synonym: sbuffo

Derived terms

• rabbuffare

Related terms

• bufare
• buffare

Etymology 3

Alteration of puf, from French pouf (“debt”), used in locutions such as faire pouf and à pouf.

Noun

buffo m (plural buffi)

1. (Rome, chiefly in the plural) debt

   Synonym: debito

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

buffo

1. first-person singular present indicative of buffare

References

• buffo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• buffo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• buffo³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana