soufflé

souf·flé

S0574800 (so͞o-flā′)n. A light, fluffy baked dish made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a main dish or sweetened as a dessert.

[French, from past participle of souffler, to puff up, from Old French soffler, from Latin sufflāre : sub-, sub- + flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]

souf·flé′ adj.souf·fléed′ adj.

souffle

(ˈsuːfəl) n (Medicine) med a blowing sound or murmur heard in auscultation[C19: from French, from souffler to blow]

soufflé

(ˈsuːfleɪ) n1. (Cookery) a very light fluffy dish made with egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites combined with cheese, fish, etc2. (Cookery) a similar sweet or savoury cold dish, set with gelatineadj (Cookery) made light and puffy, as by beating and cooking[C19: from French, from souffler to blow, from Latin sufflāre]

souf•flé

(suˈfleɪ, ˈsu fleɪ)

n. 1. a light, puffed-up baked dish, made fluffy by adding beaten egg whites to a thick sauce combined with other ingredients, as cheese or puréed vegetables. adj. 2. Also souf•fléed′. puffed up; made light, as by beating and cooking. [1805–15; < French, n. use of past participle of souffler to blow, puff < Latin sufflāre]

Thesaurus

Noun

souffle - light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruitdish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"cheese souffle - puffy dish of cheese and eggs (whites beaten separately) and white sauce

Translations

蛋奶酥

soufflé

(ˈsuːflei) , ((American) su:ˈflei) noun a kind of frothy cooked dish, made with whisked whites of egg. I made a cheese soufflé.蛋奶酥