souffle

See also: soufflé and Soufflé

English

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/
  • (file)

Noun

souffle m (plural souffles)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: souffle

Verb

souffle

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

Further reading

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