pouffe
French, verb
pouffe is spelled P-O-U-F-F-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 56,509th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pouffe is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pouffé is a different word: “past participle of pouffer”.
What does pouffe mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of pouffer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se retient de rire aux éclats.
noun: 1. Pouffiasse.
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 pouffe
- pouffée feminine
- pouffés masculine plural
- pouffées feminine plural
- pouffes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pouffe in French?
pouffe appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).