soufflé
[soo-fley, soo-fley]
- a light baked dish made fluffy with beaten egg whites combined with egg yolks, white sauce, and fish, cheese, or other ingredients.
- a similar dish made with fruit juices, chocolate, vanilla, etc., and served as dessert.
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- Also souf·fléed. puffed up; made light, as by beating and cooking.
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- to make (food) puffed up and light, as by beating and cooking, adding stiffly beaten egg whites, etc.; make resemble a soufflé: to soufflé leftover mashed potatoes.
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Origin of soufflé
1805–15; < French, noun use of past participle of souffler to blow, puff < Latin sufflāre to breathe on, blow on
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soufflé
- a very light fluffy dish made with egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites combined with cheese, fish, etc
- a similar sweet or savoury cold dish, set with gelatine
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- made light and puffy, as by beating and cooking
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Word Origin
C19: from French, from souffler to blow, from Latin sufflāre
souffle
- med a blowing sound or murmur heard in auscultation
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Word Origin
C19: from French, from souffler to blow
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Word Origin and History for soufflé
souffle
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souffle
(sōō′fəl, sōō′flə)- A soft blowing sound heard on auscultation.
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