英単語

poufの意味・使い方・発音

pouf

英 [puːf] 美 [puf]
  • n. 厚い丸い椅子のクッション; ふとん; 厚い丸いクッションのある椅子.

英語の語源


pouf (n.)
"style of elaborate female head-dress," 1817 (in reference to styles of c. 1780), from French bouffer "to blow out, puff," probably of imitative origin. In dress-making, recorded from 1869; in reference to over-stuffed cushions, 1884. As a verb by 1882 (implied in pouffed).

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