souffleur

See also: Souffleur

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French souffleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈfløːr/

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• Hyphenation: souf‧fleur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

souffleur m (plural souffleurs, feminine souffleuse)

1. (theater) A prompter.

Related terms

• souffleren

French

Etymology

From souffler +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.flœʁ/

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Noun

souffleur m (plural souffleurs, feminine souffleuse)

1. blower; glassblower
2. (theater) prompter (person)
3. blower (machine)

   souffleur à feuilles

   leaf blower

4. blower (animal which blows out air through its blowhole)

Descendants

• → Czech: suflér
• → Dutch: souffleur
• → Polish: sufler
• → Romanian: sufleor
• → Russian: суфлёр (sufljór)
• → Turkish: suflör

Further reading

• “souffleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.