Etymology

souffle

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Today it means: A murmuring or blowing sound. Full definition →

French souffle
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromsouffle
  2. French · borrowed fromsouffle
  3. English todaysouffle

Borrowed from French souffle.

Words from the same roots

Frenchsouffle all →

soufflé

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.