effecteur
French, noun/e.fɛk.tœʁ/
effecteur is spelled E-F-F-E-C-T-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effecteur is a French masculine noun meaning “effector (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Muscle participant à la motricité”.
What does effecteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeffector (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Efficient. 2. Qui produit un effet.
noun: 1. Muscle participant à la motricité. 2. Substance capable d’activer ou d’inhiber une activité. 3. Le gène codant cette substance. 4. Appareil permettant d’effectuer une fonction.
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 effecteur
- effecteurs plural
- effectrice feminine
- effectrices plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effecteur?
- /e.fɛk.tœʁ/
- \ɛ.fɛk.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is effecteur in French?
effecteur appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).