bouffon

Borrowed from Italian buffone.

• IPA^(key): /bu.fɔ̃/

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bouffon m (plural bouffons, feminine bouffonne)

1. fool (person who entertained a sovereign)
2. buffoon, fool (someone foolish)

• bouffonnerie

bouffon (feminine singular bouffonne, masculine plural bouffons, feminine plural bouffonnes)

1. grotesque, silly, clownlike

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

bouffon m (plural bouffons)

1. Alternative form of boufon

Borrowed from French bouffon, from Italian.

bouffon m (plural bouffons)

1. (Jersey) clown