effervescence
French, noun/e.fɛʁ.vɛ.sɑ̃s/
effervescence is spelled E-F-F-E-R-V-E-S-C-E-N-C-E (13 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effervescence is a French feminine noun meaning “effervescence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bouillonnement accompagné du dégagement d’un gaz, produit par le contact ou le mélange de deux substances et…”.
What does effervescence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeffervescence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bouillonnement accompagné du dégagement d’un gaz, produit par le contact ou le mélange de deux substances et qui a les apparences de l’ébullition. 2. Émotion vive et passagère dans l’âme, dans l’esprit. 3. Agitation politique ou sociale.
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 effervescence
- effervescences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effervescence?
- /e.fɛʁ.vɛ.sɑ̃s/
- /e.fɛʁ.ve.sɑ̃s/
- \e.fɛʁ.vɛ.sɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effervescence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effervescence in French?
effervescence appears 2.1 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).