effet
French, noun/ɛ.fɛ/
effet is spelled E-F-F-E-T (5 letters) and appears 302 times per million words in written French, the 273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effet is a French masculine noun meaning “effect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui est produit par quelque cause”.
What does effet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeffect
- 2
masculinespin, bend, curl
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui est produit par quelque cause. 2. Sorte de rotation imprimée à l’objet que l’on lance (boule de pétanque, boule de quilles, …) ou que l’on frappe (ballon de football, balle de tennis, bille de billard, …) afin de modifier son mouvement ultérieur. 3. Effort transmis par un mécanisme. 4. Ce qui frappe, de ce qui attire ou captive les regards ou l’attention.
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 effet
- effets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effet?
- /ɛ.fɛ/
- /e.fɛ/
- \e.fɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effet in French?
effet appears 302 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).