souffleur, n.m., (zoöl.) a species of dolphin. Les —s; cetaceans.
souffleu-r, -se, n. and adj., blower, organ-blower; panter; (thea.) prompter; glass-blower; alchemist; panting (of horses). — d’orgue; organ-blower. Cheval —; panting horse; roarer.
soufflure, n.f., (metal.) flaw; seedy glass.
souffrable, adj., (l.u.) sufferable, tolerable.
souffrance, n.f., suffering, pain, suspense, sufferance; endurance; (jur.) sufferance, toleration. En —; suspended; (com.) standing over; (of bills) dishonored. Jour de —; borrowed light.
souffrant, -e, adj., suffering, in pain; patient; enduring; unwell, poorly, ailing.
souffre-douleur, n.m., (—) drudge; fag; butt, laughing-stock.
souffreteu-x, -se, adj., miserable, unwell, poorly, sickly, weakly, puny.
souffrir (souffrant, souffert), v.a., to suffer, to bear, to endure, to abide; to undergo, to sustain, to stand; to tolerate; to permit, to let, to allow, to put up with; to admit of. — la douleur; to endure pain. — la fatigue; to bear fatigue. — un assaut; to stand an assault. — un affront; to put up with an affront. Je ne saurais — cet homme-là; I cannot endure that man. Il souffre tout à ses enfants; he is too indulgent to his children. Pourquoi souffrez-vous cela? why do you put up with that? Cela ne souffre point de retardement; that admits of no delay. Faire —; to pain, to grieve, to torture.
souffrir, v.n., to suffer, to suffer pain, to be in pain; to be pained; to be a sufferer; to be injured. — de la tête; to feel a pain in one’s head. Se —; to endure each other; to be tolerated; to be suffered (of things).