étonné, -e, part., astonished. Être — de; to be astonished at. Faire, jouer l’—; to feign astonishment.
étonnement (é-ton-mān), n.m., astonishment, amazement; admiration, wonder; fright, terror; ☉shock. Frapper d’—; to strike with amazement. Remplir d’—; to fill with astonishment. Je ne reviens pas de mon —; I cannot recover from my astonishment. Tout le monde est dans l’—; every body is amazed. À l’— de tout le monde; to the astonishment of everybody.
étonner, v.a., to astonish, to amaze, to startle, to stagger; to astound, to stun. Je suis étonné qu’il ne m’en ait rien dit; I wonder he said nothing about it to me.
s’étonner, v.r., to be astonished, to be amazed, to wonder. Il ne s’étonne de rien; he is astonished at nothing.
étouffade, n.f. V. étouffée.
étouffant, -e, adj., suffocating; sultry, close, sweltering. Chaleur —e; sweltering heat.
étouffé, -e, part., suffocated, stifled; suppressed; concealed; stamped out.
étouffée, n.f., (cook.) estoufade.
étouffement (é-toof-mān), n.m., suffocation, stifling.
étouffer, v.a., to suffocate, to choke, to throttle, to smother, to stifle, to suppress; to hush up; to deaden (sound). Les mauvaises herbes étouffent le blé; weeds choke the corn. — une affaire; to hush up an affair. — une révolte; to suppress a revolt. — la voix; to drown the voice.