essoufflement
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From essouffler + -ment.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]essoufflement m (plural essoufflements)
- breathlessness, panting
- (figurative) running out of steam (lack of energy or motivation)
- 2024 April 18, Damien Frasson-Botton, “Immobilier : la fin de l'euphorie mais des pistes de relance”, in La Provence, page 3:
- Les spécialistes constatent en outre un essoufflement de l’engouement des Franciliens.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “essoufflement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.