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souffle

souffle is the alternative spelling of soufflé.

Meaning of soufflé

Noun

soufflé (countable and uncountable, plural soufflés)

  1. A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients, usually prepared and served in a small earthenware bowl (ramekin).
    • Setting the soufflés before us, the waitress warns that the ramekins are hot.2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

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Noun

souffle (plural souffles)

  1. A murmuring or blowing sound.
    • the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus

Forms of souffle

Noun
pluralsouffles
Verb
third-person singular presentsouffles
present participlesouffleing
past participlesouffled
pastsouffled
past participlesouffleed
pastsouffleed

Origin of souffle

Borrowed from French souffle.

Questions about souffle

What does souffle mean?
Souffle means a murmuring or blowing sound.
What is souffle the alternative spelling of?
Souffle is the alternative spelling of soufflé.
What part of speech is souffle?
Souffle is a noun.
What is the plural of souffle?
The plural of souffle is souffles.

Words near souffle in the dictionary

  1. Soudra
  2. Soudras
  3. Soueida
  4. souesite
  5. soufflage
  6. souffle
  7. souffled
  8. souffleed
  9. souffleing
  10. souffles
  11. soufflé

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