soufflet
French, noun/su.flɛ/
soufflet is a French masculine noun meaning “bellows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument servant à souffler, à faire du vent”.
What does soufflet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebellows
- 2
masculinevestibule
- 3
masculinegusset
- 4
archaicmasculineslap in the face
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument servant à souffler, à faire du vent. 2. Ce qui se replie comme un soufflet. 3. Poumon. 4. Dispositif de parois extensibles abritant une passerelle entre deux voitures. Un dispositif comparable existe dans les autobus articulés.
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 soufflet
- soufflets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soufflet?
- /su.flɛ/
- \su.flɛ\
- [su.flɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soufflet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soufflet in French?
soufflet appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).