BUFFON

Meaning of BUFFON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌbə-ˈfōⁿ, byü-, bue- ]

biographical name

Comte Georges-Louis Leclerc de 1707-1788 French naturalist

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

BUFFON — n buffoon
Interlingua English vocab
BUFFON — biographical name Comte Georges-Louis Leclerc de 1707-1788 French naturalist
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUFFON — /byuu fawonn"/ , n. Georges Louis Leclerc /zhawrddzh lwee leuh klerdd"/ , Comte de , 1707-88, French naturalist.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUFFON — Pronunciation: ˌ b ə - ' f ō n , byü-, b - Function: biographical name Comte Georges-Louis Leclerc de …
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BUFFON, G(EORGES)-L(OUIS) LECLERC, COMTE DE — born Sept. 7, 1707, Montbard, Fr. died April 16, 1788, Paris French naturalist. He studied mathematics, medicine, and botany until …
Английский словарь Британика
BUFFON, GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, COUNT DE — Additional reading Otis E. Fellows and Stephen F. Milliken, Buffon (1972).
Britannica English vocabulary
BUFFON, GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, COUNT (COMTE) DE — original name (until c. 1725) Georges-louis Leclerc, or (c. 172573) Georges-louis Leclerc De Buffon born Sept. 7, 1707, Montbard, France …
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BUFFON, GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE — born Sept. 7, 1707, Montbard, Fr. died April 16, 1788, Paris French naturalist. He studied mathematics, medicine, and botany until …
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BUFFON, G-L LECLERC, COMTE DE — born Sept. 7, 1707, Montbard, Fr. died April 16, 1788, Paris French naturalist. He studied mathematics, medicine, and botany until …
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CLOWN — buffon, arlequin, clown; (boor) rustico, plumpon
English interlingue dictionary
BUFFOON — buffon (-eríe)
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ZOOLOGY — Branch of biology concerned with members of the animal kingdom and with animal life in general. The science originated in …
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LOUIS
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GEORGES — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bernanos Georges Bidault Georges Augustin Bizet Georges Bonnet Georges Étienne Boulanger Georges Ernest Jean …
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FRESNEL LENS — Series of concentric rings, each consisting of a thin part of a simple lens , assembled on a flat surface. …
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COMTE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Buffon Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Comte Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Saint Simon …
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CONTRIVE — I. kən.ˈtrīv verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: alteration of Middle English contreven, controven, from Middle French controver, from Late Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUMMER — (n.) One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon.
Английский словарь Webster
MUMMER — ( n. ) One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PREHENSILE — — prehensility /pree'hen sil"i tee/ , n. /pri hen"sil, -suyl/ , adj. 1. adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GUIB — /gwib, geeb/ , n. bushbuck. [ 1765-75; guiba, name used by Buffon; orig. obscure ]
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COUGAR — /kooh"geuhr/ , n. , pl. cougars , ( esp. collectively ) cougar . a large, tawny cat, Felis concolor, of …
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BUFFOON — — buffoonery /beuh fooh"neuh ree/ , n. — buffoonish , adj. /beuh foohn"/ , n. 1. a person who amuses …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUMMER — noun one who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon.
Webster English vocab
ZOOLOGY — branch of biology concerned with the members of the animal kingdom and with animal life in general. It embraces all …
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STYLISTICS — study of the devices in languages (such as rhetorical figures and syntactical patterns) that are considered to produce expressive or …
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PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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PHILOSOPHE — any of the literary men, scientists, and thinkers of 18th-century France who were united, in spite of divergent personal views, …
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COMPARATIVE ANATOMY — the comparative study of the body structures of different species of animals in order to understand the adaptive changes they …
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SPALLANZANI, LAZZARO
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LACEPEDE, (BERNARD-GERMAIN-) ETIENNE DE LA ... — (count of) born Dec. 26, 1756, Agen, Fr. died Oct. 6, 1825, pinay-sur-Seine French naturalist and politician who made original …
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DAUBENTON, LOUIS-JEAN-MARIE — born May 29, 1716, Montbard, Cte d'Or, France died Jan. 1, 1800, Paris Daubenton also spelled D'aubenton French naturalist who …
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