soufflet

French

Etymology

From souffler. Compare Italian soffietto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /su.flɛ/

Noun

soufflet m (plural soufflets)

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

Derived terms

souffleter (“to slap in the face”)

Further reading

“soufflet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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