: a dish that is made from a sauce, egg yolks, beaten egg whites, and a flavoring or purée (as of seafood, fruit, or vegetables) and baked until puffed up
Examples of soufflé in a Sentence
Noun
a serving of chocolate soufflé
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 July 2025
Exquisite cheesecakes, pesto pastas, lasagna, souffles, eggplant parmesan and of course, cheese blintzes all take center stage during this ancient celebration.
—Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025
At Café Jirisan, in the Second Arrondissement, one of Paris’s many Asian coffee shops, lines of people wait outside for souffle cheesecakes and matcha lattes.
—Vivian Song, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Dessert was chocolate souffle with cherry vanilla ice cream.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
The multi-course menu includes consomme as a starter, plus salad, egg souffle, four cuts of USDA Prime beef cooked to order, ban chan, and soft serve for dessert.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Menu options include ham or smoked turkey breast, stuffing, macaroni and cheese, winter salad and sweet potato souffle, as well as a variety of brunch options.
669 Justice Court, Loveland.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2024
Sourcebooks Landmark, 400 pages, $17.99 Julia Child’s secret war has nothing to do with falling souffles or overcooked stews.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
For dessert, choose from Valrhona chocolate souffle, profiteroles or ricotta beignets.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
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That this french souffle doesn’t completely crumble at that point is a tribute to Legardinier’s skill in juggling the tonal shifts without losing control of the bigger picture.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 July 2025
Exquisite cheesecakes, pesto pastas, lasagna, souffles, eggplant parmesan and of course, cheese blintzes all take center stage during this ancient celebration.
—Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025
At Café Jirisan, in the Second Arrondissement, one of Paris’s many Asian coffee shops, lines of people wait outside for souffle cheesecakes and matcha lattes.
—Vivian Song, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Dessert was chocolate souffle with cherry vanilla ice cream.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
The multi-course menu includes consomme as a starter, plus salad, egg souffle, four cuts of USDA Prime beef cooked to order, ban chan, and soft serve for dessert.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Menu options include ham or smoked turkey breast, stuffing, macaroni and cheese, winter salad and sweet potato souffle, as well as a variety of brunch options.
669 Justice Court, Loveland.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2024
Sourcebooks Landmark, 400 pages, $17.99 Julia Child’s secret war has nothing to do with falling souffles or overcooked stews.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
For dessert, choose from Valrhona chocolate souffle, profiteroles or ricotta beignets.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Soufflé.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/souffl%C3%A9. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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soufflé
1 of 2 noun
souf·flé
sü-ˈflā 
ˈsü-ˌflā
: a delicate spongy hot dish lightened in baking by stiffly beaten egg whites
cheese soufflé
soufflé
2 of 2 adjective
variants
or souffléed
-ˈflād
-ˌflād
: puffed by or in cooking
soufflé omelet
Etymology
Noun
derived from French soufflé, past participle of souffler "to blow up, inflate"
Medical Definition
souffle
noun
souf·fle
ˈsü-fəl
: a blowing sound heard on auscultation
the uterine souffle heard in pregnancy
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