étoffer

From Middle French estoffer, from Old French estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is needed, equip, decorate”) (originally: "stuff, upholster"), from Old Frankish *stopfôn (“to put, shove, push in”), from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close, push, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *stHb-, *stHbʰ-, *stemb-, *stembʰ- (“to stay, support, stamp, become angry, be amazed”). Cognate with Old High German stopfôn (“to put, shove, push in”), Old English stoppian (“to stop, close an aperture”). More at stop.

• IPA^(key): /e.tɔ.fe/

étoffer

1. to stuff (a pillow, food)

   Synonyms: confectionner, farcir

2. (furniture) to upholster
3. (clothing) to fill out
4. to pad out; to flesh out (give something more substance)

   Synonym: enrichir

5. (reflexive, also figuratively) to fill out (to get plumper)

   Je grandis, je grossis, je m'étoffe.

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   • 2009 February 4, Claire Gatinois, “Hans Beck, créateur des figurines en plastique Playmobil”, in Le monde‎, archived from the original on 2009-02-05:

     L'univers de Playmobil s'est étoffé : animaux de la ferme, camions de pompiers, bateaux pirates… Une "ville Playmobil" a même été créée, à 10 kilomètres de Nuremberg.

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• étoffe
• étoffement

• “étoffer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• offerte