souffle (redirected from fetal souffle)

souf·flé  (s-fl)

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.

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

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souf·flé adj.

souf·fléd adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

souffle - light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit dish - 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