soufflet

French

Etymology

From souffler +‎ -et. Compare Italian soffietto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.flɛ/

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Noun

soufflet m (plural soufflets)

1. bellows
2. (railway) vestibule
3. gusset
4. (archaic or literary) slap in the face

Derived terms

• souffleter (“to slap in the face”)

Further reading

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