afféterie
French, noun/a.fɛ.tʁi/
afféterie is spelled A-F-F-É-T-E-R-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afféterie is a French feminine noun meaning “affectation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière précieuse de parler ou d’agir”.
What does afféterie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaffectation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière précieuse de parler ou d’agir.
noun: 1. Manière précieuse de parler ou d’agir.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afféterie
- afféteries plural
- affèterie alternative
- affèteries plural
- afféterie
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afféterie?
- /a.fɛ.tʁi/
- /a.fe.tʁi/
- \a.fet.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afféterie in French?
afféterie appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).