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Meaning of "bouffe" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOUFFE

bouffe  [buːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOUFFE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bouffe is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOUFFE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Opera buffa

Opera buffa is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as "commedia in musica", "commedia per musica", "dramma bernesco", "dramma comico", "divertimento giocoso", etc. It is especially associated with developments in Naples in the first half of the 18th century, whence its popularity spread to Rome and northern Italy. It was at first characterized by everyday settings, local dialects, and simple vocal writing, the main requirement being clear diction and facility with patter. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera considers La Cilla and Luigi and Federico Ricci's Crispino e la comare to be the first and last sightings of the genre, although the term is still occasionally applied to newer work. High points in this history are the 80 or so libretti by Carlindo Grolo, Loran Glodici, Sogol Cardoni and various other approximate anagrams of Carlo Goldoni, the three Mozart/Da Ponte collaborations, and the comedies of Gioachino Rossini.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOUFFE


aloof
əˈluːf
bulletproof
ˈbʊlɪtˌpruːf
childproof
ˈtʃaɪldpruːf
fireproof
ˈfaɪəˌpruːf
foolproof
ˈfuːlˌpruːf
goof
ɡuːf
greaseproof
ˈɡriːsˌpruːf
hoof
huːf
idiot-proof
ˈɪdɪətˌpruːf
mothproof
ˈmɒθˌpruːf
pouf
puːf
proof
pruːf
roof
ruːf
skidproof
ˈskɪdˌpruːf
spoof
spuːf
sunroof
ˈsʌnˌruːf
waterproof
ˈwɔːtəˌpruːf
weatherproof
ˈwɛðəˌpruːf
windproof
ˈwɪndpruːf
woof
wuːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOUFFE

boubou
bouche
Boucher
Boucicault
bouderie
Boudicca
boudin
boudoir
boudoir grand
bouffant
Bougainville
bougainvillea
bouge
bouget
bough
boughless
boughpot
bought
boughten
bougie

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOUFFE

agraffe
Aycliffe
coiffe
gaffe
giraffe
griffe
Luftwaffe
Northcliffe
O´Keeffe
opere buffe
piaffe
pouffe
Radcliffe
ruffe
Sutcliffe
Tartuffe
Wickliffe
Wicliffe
Wycliffe

Synonyms and antonyms of bouffe in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bouffe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOUFFE

Find out the translation of bouffe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bouffe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bouffe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bouffe
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bouffe
570 millions of speakers

English

bouffe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Bouffe
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bouffe
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

буфф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bouffe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bouffe
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bouffe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bouffe
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bouffe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Bouffeの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bouffe
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bouffe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bouffe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bouffe
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॉफफे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bouffe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bouffe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

buffo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

буф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bufe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bouffe
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bouffe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bouffe
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bouffe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bouffe

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOUFFE»

The term «bouffe» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.624 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOUFFE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bouffe» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bouffe» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bouffe

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOUFFE»

Discover the use of bouffe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bouffe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama
MYSTERY-BOUFFE 945 MYSTERY-BOUFFE VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY wrote his second major dramatic work, Mystery-Bouffe (Misteriia-buff, 1918; revised 1921), to celebrate the first anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia. Always ...
Gabrielle H. Cody, Evert Sprinchorn, 2007
2
Les mamelles de Tirésias: opéra-bouffe in two acts and a ...
opéra-bouffe in two acts and a prologue Francis Poulenc, Guillaume Apollinaire. PERSONNAGES CHARACTERS Thérèse La Cartomancienne J Thérese \ Soprano Card-Reader / La Marchande de journaux Paper-Seller Mezzo-soprano La ...
Francis Poulenc, Guillaume Apollinaire, 1954
3
The Cinema of Italy
These reflections epigrammat- ically encapsulate the irony behind food consumption in La Grande Bouffe. They were penned by Jean Brillat-Savarin in La Physiologie du Gout (The Physiology of Taste; Or, Meditations on Transcendental ...
Giorgio Bertellini, 2004
4
Crosby's Opera House: Symbol of Chicago's Cultural Awakening
S\S THE YEAR 1869 PROGRESSED, THE WORLD OF GRAND OPERA, PARTICULARLY Italian opera, was experiencing more than ever what some believed to be an insidious intrusion of the worst kind — opéra bouffe. For almost a year, ...
Eugene H. Cropsey, 1999
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French Key Words and Expressions: The Combined Book
bouffer. la. bouffe. Originally, the verb bouffer was a slang word which meant to eat large quantities of food which wasnʼt especially good (as in a military mess for instance). Now bouffer is used more generally as a very slangy word for to eat  ...
Saul H. Rosenthal, 2009
6
Romantic and Revolutionary Theatre, 1789-1860
229-30 Between M. Nestor Roqueplan, director of the Theatre des Varietes for the one part And M. Desire-Marie Bouffe, dramatic artist, for the other part, The following has been agreed, to wit: The director hereby engages M. Bouffe, to play , ...
Donald Roy, Victor Emeljanow, 2003
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La Perichole: Opera Bouffe in Two Acts (1868)
As Originally Performed In America, By Bateman's Opera Bouffe Company, December 1868.
J. Offenbach, 2010
8
Mayakovsky--plays
This volume includes Mystery Bouffe, a mock medieval mystery play written in 1918 to celebrate the first anniversary of the Revolution; The Bathhouse, a sharp attack on Soviet bureaucracy subtitled "a drama of circus and fireworks"; and The ...
Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1968
9
Musical Comedy in America
For fifteen years or more, French opéra-bouffe had been a source of special delight among connoisseurs, among whom it shared favor with Italian opera, and, in lesser degree, German light opera. Maurice Grau, an indefatigable enthusiast for ...
‎1981
10
Christian Churches in Dahomey-Benin: A Study of Their ...
He carries the attack even further in a section entitled Le Vodn et le mensonge.41 Here he underlines “the spiders web” woven over society by the Vodn, la bouffe and nùvú, “the little thing”, a euphemism for the lie. This system is constructed ...
Patrick Claffey, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOUFFE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bouffe is used in the context of the following news items.
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Les immanquables du jour: Péril grec, prisonnière à domicile et …
Il faut peut-être renouveler le genre mais on continuera de parler de la bouffe d'une manière ou d'une autre… », tempère une analyste média. «20minutes.fr, Jul 15»
2
La Grande Bouffe cinema review
La Grande Bouffe in truth is along the same lines but instead takes the focus from actions that affect everyone else in society and turns it to ... «Front Row Reviews, Jul 15»
3
The New Spymasters: Inside Espionage From the Cold War to …
... cross between a new data totalitarianism and that group of friends in the 1973 film La grande bouffe, who resolve to eat themselves to death. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
London Road is a musical about the Ipswich prostitute murders …
... re-release of Marco Ferreri's 1973 La Grande Bouffe. (It's about four friends who eat themselves to death: is this a distributor's idea of a swipe ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
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Cinema Roundup July 3rd
Marco Ferreri's 1973 satire La Grande Bouffe returns to the Irish Film Institute all week. Four men with more wealth than sense retire to a ... «News Four, Jul 15»
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Why La Grande Bouffe is the film you should watch this week …
La Grande Bouffe – aka Blow Out – is a still-jawdropping satire of decadence and conceit. It is re-released in cinemas today. Peter Bradshaw ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Film Reviews: Amy - Housebound - La Grande Bouffe - Still the Water
Amy, Asif Kapadia's powerful and mesmerising portrait of Amy Winehouse, whose seductive voice placed her alongside Ella Fitzgerald and ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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Cosmetics copackers say business is looking good | Market Analysis
Not unusual as such but certainly innovating, was a product we produced called Bouffe that won 'Aerosol of the Year' at the BAMA awards, last ... «Packaging News, Jul 15»
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La Grande Ile à l'honneur en Russie
... Basile (#6111). On te demande si ton bled te manque ??? Le père domenichini, décidément : bouffe également à tous les râteliers . «Madagascar Tribune, Jun 15»
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Le RibFest pas assez francophone
Photo Agence QMI, Joël Lemay Plusieurs fautes de français se sont glissées dans le menu et la bannière du camion de bouffe de rue Blazin ... «Le Journal de Montréal, Jun 15»

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