soffite
French, noun/sɔ.fit/
soffite is a French masculine noun meaning “soffit (visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plafond, dessous d’un plancher, d’un larmier, d’une architrave, orné de compartiments, de caissons, de…”.
What does soffite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesoffit (visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plafond, dessous d’un plancher, d’un larmier, d’une architrave, orné de compartiments, de caissons, de rosaces, 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 soffite
- soffites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soffite?
- /sɔ.fit/
- \sɔ.fit\
- [sɔ.fit]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soffite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soffite in French?
soffite appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).