A soufflé is a light food made from a mixture of beaten egg whites and other ingredients that is baked in the oven. It can be either sweet or savoury.
...a superb cheese soufflé.
souffle in British English
(ˈsuːfəl)
noun
medicine
a blowing sound or murmur heard in auscultation
Word origin
C19: from French, from souffler to blow
soufflé in British English
(ˈsuːfleɪ)
noun
1.
a very light fluffy dish made with egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites combined with cheese, fish, etc
2.
a similar sweet or savoury cold dish, set with gelatine
adjective also: souffléed
3.
made light and puffy, as by beating and cooking
Word origin
C19: from French, from souffler to blow, from Latin sufflāre
souffle in American English
(ˈsufəl)
noun
Medicine
a soft, blowing sound heard on auscultation
Word origin
Fr < souffler, to blow: see soufflé
soufflé in American English
(suˈfleɪ; ˈsufleɪ)
adjective
1.
made light and puffy in the process of being cooked or baked
: also soufˈfléed (suˈfleɪd; ˈsuˈfleɪd)
noun
2.
any of several baked foods, as a dish prepared with white sauce and egg yolks and some additional ingredient, as cheese, made light and puffy by beaten egg whites added before baking
Word origin
Fr < pp. of souffler, to blow < L sufflare, to inflate, blow up, puff out < sub- (see sub-) + flare, to blow1