bouffée de chaleur
French, noun/bu.fe d(ə) ʃa.lœʁ/
bouffée de chaleur is spelled B-O-U-F-F-É-E-D-E-C-H-A-L-E-U-R (16 letters). Bouffée de chaleur is a French feminine noun meaning “hot flash, hot flush (feeling of intense heat with sweating and rapid heartbeat, often caused by the changing hormone levels that are…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Symptôme de la modification du taux d’hormones considérée comme caractéristique de la ménopause”.
What does bouffée de chaleur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehot flash, hot flush (feeling of intense heat with sweating and rapid heartbeat, often caused by the changing hormone levels that are characteristic of menopause)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Symptôme de la modification du taux d’hormones considérée comme caractéristique de la ménopause.
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 de chaleur
- bouffées de chaleur plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouffée de chaleur?
- /bu.fe d(ə) ʃa.lœʁ/
- \bu.fe də ʃa.lœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.