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Meaning of bouffe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/buf/

Definitions

A comic opera

Examples

“Born as a French satiric form with the bouffes of Jacques Offenbach in the 1850s, it moved on, like most Parisian fashions, to Vienna[…].”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

bouffée délirante bouffon bougainvilia bougainvillaea Bougainville Bougainville crow