bouffée
French, noun/bu.fe/
bouffée is spelled B-O-U-F-F-É-E (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouffée is a French feminine noun meaning “puff (of wind, smoke, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Souffle de l’haleine”.
What does bouffée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepuff (of wind, smoke, etc.)
- 2
femininesurge, rush
bouffée d'oxygène
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Souffle de l’haleine. 2. Quantité de fumée de tabac ou d'autre substance que l'on inspire en une fois. 3. Souffle de vent ou courant de vapeur qui arrive brusquement et qui dure peu. 4. Accès subit et passager, en parlant de la fièvre, des passions, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bouffée
- bouffées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouffée?
- /bu.fe/
- \bu.fe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bouffée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouffée in French?
bouffée appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).