Grammatical class

Noun

souffle

blowing (act of expelling air from the mouth)

Details

Syllables

souf-fle

Phonetics

sufl

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

3441

Freq. (movies)

3488

Freq. (news)

3021

Sentences

Je perds le souffle.

I get out of breath.

A1

Tom a le souffle coupé.

Tom is winded.

A1

Tu me coupes le souffle.

You take my breath away.

A1

Je n'ai plus de souffle.

I'm out of breath.

A1

Il a retenu son souffle.

He held his breath.

A2

J'étais à bout de souffle.

I ran out of breath.

A2

Ziri a eu le souffle coupé.

Ziri gasped.

B1

Tom avait le souffle coupé.

Tom was panting.

B1

La vue lui coupa le souffle.

He lost his breath at the sight.

B1

Ziri était à bout de souffle.

Ziri gasped for air.

B1

Tom retint son souffle.

Tom held his breath.

B2

Nous retenions notre souffle.

We were holding our breath.

B2