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soufflant

French, verb/su.flɑ̃/

soufflant is a French verb meaning “present participle of souffler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does soufflant mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of souffler

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui souffle ou qui évoque un souffle. 2. Étonnant, qui coupe le souffle.

noun: 1. Pistolet ou revolver. 2. Musicien qui joue d'un instrument à vent (principalement trompette, saxophone, trombone, clarinette).

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 soufflant

  • soufflants plural masculine
  • soufflante singular feminine
  • soufflantes plural feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce soufflant?

  • /su.flɑ̃/
  • \su.flɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is soufflant in French?

soufflant appears 1.1 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).