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buffone

/bufˈoʊni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
buf-fone
IPA
/bufˈoʊni/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Italian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Buffone, a surname from buffone (“buffoon, joker”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Buffones (plural)

Rhymes With

tony sony toni phony hermione stony bologna bony macaroni coney mahoney pepperoni

Questions

How do you pronounce buffone?
The recorded pronunciation is /bufˈoʊni/.
What does buffone mean?
A surname from Italian.
Where does buffone come from?
It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce buffone

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