époustouflé
French, verb
époustouflé is a French verb meaning “past participle of époustoufler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, époustoufle is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does époustouflé mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of époustoufler
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a le souffle coupé (qui a du mal à respirer). 2. Sidéré au point d’avoir (figurément) le souffle coupé.
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 époustouflé
- époustouflée feminine
- époustouflés masculine plural
- époustouflées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is époustouflé in French?
époustouflé appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).