buffet
ビュッフェ
解説 Definition
buffet は、ビュッフェ、立食やセルフサービス形式の食事という意味です。料理が並べられ、客が自分で取る形式を指します。日本語の「バイキング」に近い意味で使われることもありますが、英語では buffet が一般的です。
A buffet is a meal at which several dishes are arranged for guests to serve themselves, often for a fixed price. The word can also refer to the table or counter where that food is displayed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
buffet はフランス語の「食器棚・配膳台」から、料理を台に並べて客が自分で取る食事形式へ意味が広がりました。breakfast buffet、buffet table、go to the buffet を一組で覚えます。日本語の「バイキング」に当たる場面でも、英語では buffet が普通です。動詞 buffet「激しく打つ」とは発音も語義も異なります。
Connect the modern meal with the word’s earlier sense of a sideboard or serving table. Food was placed on the buffet, and the name of the furniture naturally extended to the self-service meal itself. Learn common combinations such as breakfast buffet, buffet table, buffet lunch, and go to the buffet. For the Japanese idea often called baikingu, buffet is the normal English term. Also distinguish this noun, usually pronounced with final stress and a silent t, from the verb buffet, meaning to strike repeatedly, which is normally pronounced differently.
例文
The hotel offers a breakfast buffet every morning.
そのホテルでは毎朝、朝食ビュッフェを提供しています。
We chose the buffet because everyone could pick different food.
みんなが違う料理を選べるので、私たちはビュッフェにしました。
Please use a clean plate each time you go to the buffet.
ビュッフェに取りに行くたびに、清潔な皿を使ってください。
buffet の類義語・関連語
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buffet の語源・成り立ち Etymology
buffet はフランス語 buffet「食器棚・配膳台」に由来し、英語ではそこに料理を並べて取る食事形式の意味へ広がりました。もとは料理を置く台なので、「ビュッフェ」が食べ方を表すのも自然です。関連語は buffet table、buffet car。
The meal noun buffet was borrowed from French buffet, referring to a sideboard, cupboard, or serving table. Because dishes were arranged on such furniture for guests, English extended the word from the table to the style of meal in which people serve themselves. Expressions such as buffet table and buffet car preserve the connection with serving food. The unrelated-looking verbal use meaning “to strike repeatedly” has a different history and pronunciation.
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