Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autobuffet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-buf-fet
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A railway vending machine selling food items.

British usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"PRR Unveils New Auto-Buffet Coach"
"At Waterloo, at 1 a.m., an attendant was available to give change for the autobuffet (the machine for change was out of order), […] The autobuffet at Paddington was doing good business at 2 a.m., but again the change machine was out of order."
"I can't remember now where I saw an autobuffet sign quite recently."

Etymology

From auto- + buffet.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto

Usage

British usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

autobuffets (plural)

Questions

What does autobuffet mean?: A railway vending machine selling food items.
Where does autobuffet come from?: From auto- + buffet.

How to pronounce autobuffet

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “autobuffet”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “autobuffet”.
Repeat and practice — Say “autobuffet” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.