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/sufl/
Translation
breath; blast
Word origin
A deverbal noun from souffler ('to blow'), which comes from Latin sufflare ('to blow up, to inflate'), from sub- ('from below') and flare ('to blow'). English 'inflate' and 'flatulent' come from the same Latin flare.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sufflare
- English cognates
- inflate, flatulent
Grammar
Examples
, reprenait banc.
After the race, he was getting his breath back on a bench.
l' .
The blast from the explosion shattered every window in the neighbourhood.
' entrouverte.
A breath of fresh air was coming in through the half-open window.
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That film took my breath away.
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The doctor heard a heart murmur.
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