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buffet

system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners generally serve themselves
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buffet

Summary

buffet ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,942 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • buffet is a type of festive meal[2].
  • buffet's Commons category is recorded as Buffets[3].
  • buffet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buffets[4].
  • buffet's Commons gallery is recorded as Buffet[5].

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Definition and Type

buffet is a type of festive meal[2].

Why It Matters

buffet ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,942 views/month).[1] buffet has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] buffet is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). buffet. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/buffet
MLA “buffet.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 2 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/buffet.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_buffet_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{buffet}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/buffet}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-02}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX550267
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX550267"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → festive meal
    Topic's main category → Category:Buffets
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25728, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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