affoler
French, verb/a.fɔ.le/
affoler is spelled A-F-F-O-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affoler is a French verb meaning “to madden, drive crazy (under the effects of a strong emotion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre comme fou”.
What does affoler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to madden, drive crazy (under the effects of a strong emotion)
- 2
to terrify, frighten, scare
- 3
to run like crazy, leg it
- 4
to go crazy, go bonkers
- 5
informalto hurry up, to make haste
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre comme fou. 2. Se dépêcher.
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 affoler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- affolant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- affolé participle past
- affole first-person indicative present
- affoles indicative present second-person
- affolons first-person indicative plural
- affolez indicative plural present
- affolent indicative plural present
- affolais first-person imperfect indicative
- affolait imperfect indicative singular
- affolions first-person imperfect indicative
- affoliez imperfect indicative plural
- affolaient imperfect indicative plural
- affolai first-person historic indicative
- affolas historic indicative past
- affola historic indicative past
- affolâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affoler?
- /a.fɔ.le/
- \a.fɔ.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is affoler in French?
affoler appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).