effarement
French, noun/e.faʁ.mɑ̃/
effarement is spelled E-F-F-A-R-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 95,695th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effarement is a French masculine noun meaning “alarm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’une personne effarée”.
What does effarement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealarm
- 2
masculinebewilderment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’une personne effarée.
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 effarement
- effarements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effarement?
- /e.faʁ.mɑ̃/
- \e.faʁ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is effarement in French?
effarement appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).