soufflet

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From souffler +‎ -et. Compare Italian soffietto.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /su.flɛ/
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Noun[edit]

soufflet m (plural soufflets)

bellows
(railway) vestibule
gusset
(archaic or literary) slap in the face

Derived terms[edit]

souffleter (“to slap in the face”)

Further reading[edit]

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

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