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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bʌf/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /bɐf/
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• Northern-England: /bʊf/
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From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).

From Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”). See buffet (“a blow”).

Clipping of buffalo.

From the colour of their facings.

From Middle English buffen (“to stutter, stammer”), from Old English byffan (“to mumble, mutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bubjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bheyH- (“to fear, to be afraid”). More at bive (“tremble, shake”) and bever.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: ruskeankeltainen — of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow
• French: chamois — of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow
• Māori: mangaeka — of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow
• Bulgarian: нацепен (nacepen) — unusually muscular
• Finnish: lihaksikas — unusually muscular
• French: balèze — unusually muscular
• French: baraqué — unusually muscular
• German: muskulös — unusually muscular
• German: durchtrainiert — unusually muscular
• Japanese: ムキムキ (mukimuki) — unusually muscular
• Portuguese: bombado — unusually muscular
• Spanish: papiado — unusually muscular
• Spanish: fornido — unusually muscular
• Spanish: papeado — unusually muscular
• Spanish: fisicudo — unusually muscular
• Swedish: biffig — unusually muscular
• Esperanto: alloga — physically attractive
• French: attirant — physically attractive
• German: attraktiv — physically attractive
• German: gut aussehend — physically attractive
• Italian: attraente — physically attractive
• Portuguese: atraente — physically attractive
• Spanish: atrayente — physically attractive
• Dutch: liefhebber — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• Finnish: friikki — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• French: mordu — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• French: passionné — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• French: aficionado — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• German: Fan — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• German: Enthusiast — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• Irish: díograiseoir — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• Spanish: aficionado — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• Swedish: fantast — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• Swedish: entusiast — a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• Finnish: ruskeankeltainen — a brownish yellow colour
• French: chamois — a brownish yellow colour
• Hungarian: sárgásbarna — a brownish yellow colour
• Indonesian: bungalan — a brownish yellow colour
• Spanish: color del ante — a brownish yellow colour
• Swedish: kyllerfärg — a brownish yellow colour
• Ottoman Turkish: دوه توكی (deve tüyü) — a brownish yellow colour
• Spanish: mejora — in video games
• Spanish: beneficio — in video games
• Spanish: bruñido — in video games
• Spanish: bruñimiento — in video games
• Spanish: bruñidura — in video games
• Chinese Mandarin: 擦亮 (cāliàng) — to polish and make shiny
• Chinese Mandarin: 抛光 (pāoguāng) — to polish and make shiny
• Dutch: oppoetsen — to polish and make shiny
• Finnish: kiillottaa — to polish and make shiny
• German: polieren — to polish and make shiny
• Māori: whakakanapa — to polish and make shiny
• Māori: aumiri — to polish and make shiny
• Russian: полирова́ть (polirovátʹ) — to polish and make shiny
• Slovak: vyleštiť vyblýskať — to polish and make shiny
• Spanish: bruñir — to polish and make shiny
• Spanish: abrillantar — to polish and make shiny
• Spanish: pulimentar — to polish and make shiny
• Swedish: polera — to polish and make shiny
• Ukrainian: полірува́ти (poliruváty) — to polish and make shiny
• Chinese Mandarin: 增益 (zēngyì) — to make something stronger
• Japanese: バフ — to make something stronger
• Spanish: mejorar — to make something stronger
• Spanish: fortalecer — to make something stronger