how to pronounce buffoon

/bəˈfuːn/

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buffoon is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of buffoon in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in Vegas the bygone buffoon who died …”

meaning of buffoon

A buffoon is a clown or jester.

buffoon frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word buffoon occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics buffoon can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that buffoon can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;