effe
French, noun/ɛf/
effe is spelled E-F-F-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effe is a French masculine noun meaning “The name of the Latin script letter F/f” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lettre latine F, f”.
What does effe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineThe name of the Latin script letter F/f.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lettre latine F, f.
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 effe
- effes plural
- èfe alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effe?
- /ɛf/
- \ɛf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effe in French?
effe appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).