touffeur
French, noun\tu.fœʁ\
touffeur is spelled T-O-U-F-F-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Touffeur is a French feminine noun meaning “oppression, sultriness (oppressive, sultry atmosphere)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Atmosphère épaisse et lourde qui saisit en entrant dans un lieu où la chaleur est extrême”.
What does touffeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoppression, sultriness (oppressive, sultry atmosphere)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Atmosphère épaisse et lourde qui saisit en entrant dans un lieu où la chaleur est extrême.
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 touffeur
- touffeurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce touffeur?
- \tu.fœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is touffeur in French?
touffeur appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).