souffle

See also: soufflé and Soufflé

English

Etymology 1

Noun

souffle (plural souffles)

1. Alternative spelling of soufflé (“dish made with eggs”)

Verb

souffle (third-person singular simple present souffles, present participle souffleing, simple past and past participle souffled or souffleed)

1. Alternative spelling of soufflé

Etymology 2

From French souffle.

Noun

souffle (plural souffles)

1. (medicine) A murmuring or blowing sound.

   the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus

French

Etymology

From souffler, from Latin sufflāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sufl/

• Audio:

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Noun

souffle m (plural souffles)

1. blow (act of expelling air from the mouth)
2. blow (movement of wind)

Derived terms

• à bout de souffle
• à couper le souffle
• effet de souffle
• reprendre son souffle
• second souffle
• retenir son souffle

Related terms

• souffler
• soufflerie

Descendants

• → English: souffle

Verb

souffle

1. inflection of souffler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “souffle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.