bouffée

French

Etymology

Old French bufee; from bouffer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bufe/

Noun

bouffée f (plural bouffées)

puff (of wind, smoke and etc)
(figuratively) surge, rush
une bouffée de fièvre — a sudden onset of fever

Son retour interrompit la réflexion du garçon, pour la remplacer par une bouffée d'espoir.
Her return interrupted the boy's thoughts, replacing them with a surge of hope.

Further reading

“bouffée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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