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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

suflé

Pronunciation / Transliteration: suˈfle

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Souffle/ˈsuː.fleɪ/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El suflé de queso subió perfectamente en el horno."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A baked egg-based dish containing whipped egg whites that cause the dish to rise and become light and fluffy.

    "The chef prepared a delicate chocolate souffle for dessert."
  2. 2

    A light, spongy cosmetic cream or lotion whipped to incorporate air.

    "She applied a scented body souffle after her evening shower."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French verb souffler, meaning "to blow" or "to puff," originating from the Latin suffflare. The culinary term emerged in the early 19th century in France to describe a baked egg-based dish that rises significantly during baking due to whipped egg whites.

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