Essoufflée (en. Out of breath)

ɛsu.fle

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

adjective

Refers to a person or animal who has difficulty breathing.

After climbing the stairs, she was out of breath.

Après avoir monté les escaliers, elle était essoufflée.

Refers to a tired person, out of breath due to physical exertion.

He ran so fast that he arrived out of breath at the finish line.

Il a couru si vite qu'il est arrivé essoufflé à l'arrivée.

Refers to a sensation of intense fatigue after exertion.

She felt out of breath after a long hike.

Elle se sentait essoufflée après une longue randonnée.

From the verb essouffler, which means 'to make lose one's breath.'

to be out of breath

to be out of breath, to tire after effort

être essoufflé

to exhaust someone

to tire someone out through intense effort

essouffler quelqu'un

to have shortness of breath

difficulty breathing

avoir le souffle court

breathlessness

State of a person who has shortness of breath.

essoufflement

breath

Air expelled from the lungs during breathing.

souffle

panting

Mode of rapid and difficult breathing.

halètement

State of extreme fatigue after a run

After that soccer match, I am completely out of breath.

Après cette match de foot, je suis complètement essoufflée.

To be at the end of one's nerves after effort

When he finished his speech, he was totally out of breath.

Quand il a terminé son discours, il était totalement essoufflé.