touffe

See also: touffé

French

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Frankish *topp (“tuft”). Akin to toupet and modern German Zopf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuf/

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Noun

touffe m (plural touffes)

1. tuft, clump, bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base

   Des touffes d'herbe.

2. (informal) female mons pubis

   Je m'affole devant ces cuissardes et cette mini-jupe ras la touffe.

Derived terms

• touffer
• touffu

Verb

touffe

1. inflection of touffer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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