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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUFFON

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUFFON

Buffon play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUFFON

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Buffon 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 BUFFON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Buffon

Buffon may refer to: ▪ Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist ▪ Gianluigi Buffon, Italian football goalkeeper ▪ Lorenzo Buffon, former Italian football goalkeeper, cousin of the grandfather of Gianluigi Buffon ▪ Buffon, Côte-d'Or, a town in the French département of Côte-d'Or ▪ Buffon, a lunar crater ▪ Bufón, a Uruguayan rock band...

Definition of Buffon in the English dictionary

The definition of Buffon in the dictionary is Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de. 1707–88, French encyclopedist of natural history; principal author of Histoire naturelle, containing the Époques de la nature, which foreshadowed later theories of evolution.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUFFON

Buffett
buffi
buffing
buffing wheel
bufflehead
buffo
buffo bass
buffoon
buffoonery
buffoonish
Buffs

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUFFON

Caernarfon
chiffon
fon
griffon
on
translation
transmission
transportation
trichlorfon
turn on
turn-on
union
upon
vacation
version
vision
Washington
Wilson
won
work on

Synonyms and antonyms of Buffon in the English dictionary of synonyms

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布冯
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Buffon
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Buffon
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Buffon
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بوفون
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Буффон
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Buffon
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Buffon
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Buffon
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Buffon
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Buffon
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ブッフォン
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부폰
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Buffon
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Buffon
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பஃப்போன்
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बफेलो
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Buffon
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Buffon
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Buffon
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Буффон
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Buffon
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Buffon
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Buffon
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Buffon
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Trends of use of Buffon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUFFON»

The term «Buffon» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.433 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUFFON»

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Buffon: A Life in Natural History
This biography, the life work of Jacques Roger, finally gives Buffon his due. Roger transforms Buffon's image from.
Leslie Pearce Williams, 1997
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Gianluigi Buffon
Introduces the life and career of star Italian goalie Gianluigi Buffon, one of the tallest players in professional soccer.
Arturo Contro, 2008
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Evolution, Old Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
HardPress, Samuel Butler, 2013
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Birds: Mini Archive with DVD
This lovely book showcases the delicate copper engravings of birds created by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon (1707-88), for his masterpiece work Histoire naturelle, gÉnÉrale et particuliÈre.
Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, 2011
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The Life Sciences in Eighteenth-Century French Thought
Buffon, "Les Animaux carnassiers," in O.P., 374A (/./?., 7 [1758]). Rousseau is referred to by name in a note. 185. Buffon, "Nomenclature des singes," in O.P., 391A. 186. Buffon, "Le Castor," in I.R., 8: 284 (1760). 187. Buffon, "Nomenclature des ...
Jacques Roger Edited by Keith R. Benson Translated by Robert Ellrich, 1997
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Bursting the Limits of Time: The Reconstruction of ...
Fig- 3-3- Buffon's map of the earth's northern latitudes, in polar projection, from Nature's Epochs (1778), illustrating his theory of the progressive cooling of the globe. The vast areas of the polar ice-sheets indicated the encroaching arctic ...
Martin J. S. Rudwick, 2007
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The Environment and Science: Social Impact and Interaction
Connecting the natural world of the present to that of the past yielded other insights for Buffon. When confronted with the remains of species apparently no longer in existence, other naturalists made the assumption that those species had gone ...
Christian C. Young, 2005
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What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their ...
In his survey of the varieties of the human species, Buffon consequently takes a very different approach from that of Linnaeus, not carving the species into subspecies, but simply surveying the diversity of form and behavior "out there.
Jonathan Marks, 2003
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The Sexual Politics of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Nor is this the only respect in which Rousseau departs from Buffon's distinction between physical and moral love. Buffon is the harsher critic of moral love: for he reduces the moral aspect of love to "vanity," whereas Rousseau associates it with  ...
Joel Schwartz, 1985
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Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins
The event that was to have the most impact was the publication in 1749 of the first volumes of Buffon's Histoire naturelle. The theory of generation and view of life that was presented in volume 2 was immediately controversial. Here Buffon ...
Denis R. Alexander, Ronald L. Numbers, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUFFON»

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Buffon: Pirlo made the impossible come true
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has paid tribute to former team-mate Andrea Pirlo after the midfielder agreed a switch to MLS side New ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
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Manchester City defender Bacary Sagna and Juventus goalkeeper …
Manchester City right-back Bacary Sagna and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon have been making the most of their summer break, ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Buffon e Ilaria D'Amico prendono casa
Secondo quanto riferito dal settimanale 'Gente' il portiere della Juventus, che vive a Torino, si starebbe traferendo in un appartamento da 400 ... «Gazzetta di Parma, Jul 15»
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De Gea the record-breaker
Though the De Gea deal will come nowhere near the world-record 52.88 million that Juventus paid Parma for Gianluigi Buffon, the Spaniard ... «MARCA.com, Jun 15»
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Buffon has long future left with Juventus according to agent
Gianluigi Buffon Juventus The agent of Gianluigi Buffon has admitted that he can see his client remaining at Juventus beyond his extended ... «Forza Italian Football, Jun 15»
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Nicholas Buffon Teams With Gobby on Music Video
Harlem-based drummer/producer Gobby has once again collaborated with contemporary artist Nicholas Buffon to create a karaoke-style music ... «ARTnews, Jun 15»
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Buffon pays Parma tribute
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon hopes to see Parma back in Serie A 'as soon as possible' after bankruptcy. It was announced yesterday ... «Football Italia, Jun 15»
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Where are they now? The Parma team that won the 1999 Uefa Cup …
Gianluigi Buffon: Still playing today, Buffon left Parma for Juve for a world-record goalkeeper's transfer fee of over €51 million in 2001. He has ... «The42, Jun 15»
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FIFA 16 Legends Wishlist - Gianluigi Buffon
Ever since he was 18 years old, Gianluigi Buffon has been nothing but phenomenal for the Italian National Team and his team Juventus. «SportsBlog.com, Jun 15»
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[Poll] Goalkeeper Of The Season: De Gea, Buffon, Bravo And Neuer …
The Old Lady has much to thank its grand old man for as 37 year old Buffon led his side to the Italian double and a runners up finish in this ... «The Hard Tackle, Jun 15»

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