efface
French, noun
efface is spelled E-F-F-A-C-E (6 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Efface is a French feminine noun meaning “eraser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of effacer. With an accent, effacé is a different word: “past participle of effacer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit cube de caoutchouc qui sert à effacer ce qui a été écrit avec un crayon de plomb”.
What does efface mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeraser
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of effacer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit cube de caoutchouc qui sert à effacer ce qui a été écrit avec un crayon de plomb.
adjective: 1. Qualifie une personne qui est discrète, voire timide. 2. En retrait, moins apparent.
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 efface
- effaces plural
- effacée feminine
- effacés masculine plural
- effacées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to efface
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is efface in French?
efface appears 5.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).