effarouchement
French, noun/e.fa.ʁuʃ.mɑ̃/
effarouchement is spelled E-F-F-A-R-O-U-C-H-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effarouchement is a French masculine noun meaning “alarm, scare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’effaroucher, d’effrayer”.
What does effarouchement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealarm, scare
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’effaroucher, d’effrayer.
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 effarouchement
- effarouchements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effarouchement?
- /e.fa.ʁuʃ.mɑ̃/
- \e.fa.ʁuʃ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is effarouchement in French?
effarouchement appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).