touffe
French, noun
touffe is spelled T-O-U-F-F-E (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,091st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Touffe is a French feminine noun meaning “tuft, clump, bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of touffer. With an accent, touffé is a different word: “past participle of touffer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble d’herbes, de fleurs, de cheveux, de poils, etc., naturellement rapprochés”.
What does touffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetuft, clump, bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base
des touffes d'herbe
- 2
feminineinformalfemale mons pubis
Je m'affole devant ces cuissardes et cette mini-jupe ras la touffe.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of touffer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble d’herbes, de fleurs, de cheveux, de poils, etc., naturellement rapprochés. 2. Toison pubienne, et par métonymie, sexe des femmes.
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 touffe
- touffes plural
- touffée feminine
- touffés masculine plural
- touffées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to touffe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is touffe in French?
touffe appears 1.2 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).