souffle

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noun

A murmuring or blowing sound.

“the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus”

OriginFrench souffle →
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Meanings

souffle1

nounsouffle (plural souffles)

plural souffles

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of soufflé (“dish made with eggs”).
verbsouffle (third-person singular simple present souffles, present participle souffleing, simple past and past participle souffled or souffleed)

present singular third person souffles · participle present souffleing · participle past souffled · past souffled · participle past souffleed · past souffleed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of soufflé.

souffle2

nounsouffle (plural souffles)

plural souffles

  1. medicineA murmuring or blowing sound.

    the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus

Origin

  1. Frenchsouffle
  2. Frenchsouffle
  3. Englishsouffle

Borrowed from French souffle.

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APA

souffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/souffle

MLA

“souffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/souffle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “souffle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/souffle.

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