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buffoon

buffoon · buffoons

шут, буффон, скоморох, паяц

клоун, блазень

Kasper, Hanswurst

One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashionOne who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.

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/bəˈfuːn/

» Zelensky may well be a buffoon, but he is hardly fascist.

Зеленский, может, и клоун, но едва ли фашист.

Значение

значений: 2

One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
Hanswurst, Kasper
шутšut, пая́цpajác, скоморо́хskomoróx
бла́зеньblázenʹ, кло́унklóun
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
(пренебрежительное)An unintentionally ridiculous person.
Narr, Närrin

Примеры

предложений: 3

Zelensky may well be a buffoon, but he is hardly fascist.
Зеленский, может, и клоун, но едва ли фашист.
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Tom is what my father would call a buffoon.
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What a buffoon!
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Переводы

языков: 8

Українська

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one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion:

Русский

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one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion:

Deutsch

По значениям 2

one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion:

unintentionally ridiculous person:

Происхождение

From Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out th

From Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out the cheeks”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Middle High German buffen ("to puff"; > German büffen), Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). More at English puff.

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