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Plural of buffet

regular plural

The plural of buffet is buffets.

Forms of buffet

Singularbuffet /ˈbʊf.eɪ/
Pluralbuffets
Countablecountable

Buffets in a sentence

  • I am not just a smiling, middle-class, slightly boring woman who wears caftans and talks about buffets."2008, Tanya Gold, The Guardian, 26 Jun 08. From the entry knickerlessness
  • Cafeterias, buffets, chuck wagon service and smorgasbords are becoming increasingly popular food service methods.[1965?], California Bureau of Food and Drug Inspections, Recommendations for Food Protection Devices: Cafeterias, Buffets, Chuck Wagons…. From the entry smorgasbord
  • Investigators visited dozens of Chinese restaurants, takeouts and buffets.2005 May 12, Jennifer 8. Lee, “As the cookie crumbles, winners galore in lottery”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York…. From the entry takeout
  • For example, cafeteria lines, buffets, and smorgasbords are primarily self-service.1984, “Chapter I—Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury—(Continued): (Parts 30 to 39)”, in Code of Federal Regulations…. From the entry smorgasbord

Meaning of buffet

  1. noun A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
  2. noun Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
  3. noun A small low stool; a hassock.

Full definition of buffet

Questions about the plural of buffet

What is the plural of buffet?
The plural of buffet is buffets.
Is buffet countable?
Buffet is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buffet (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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