effet de théâtre
\e.fɛ də te.ɑtʁ\
The verdict
“effet de théâtre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action exagérée, factice, destinée à impressionner son interlocuteur par un discours grandiloquent ou des gestes emphatiques inutiles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effet-de-theatre · effet de théâtre · French
effet de théâtre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effet de théâtre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.fɛ də te.ɑtʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « effet de théâtre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
effet de théâtre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.fɛ də te.ɑtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action exagérée, factice, destinée à impressionner son interlocuteur par un discours grandiloquent ou des gestes emphatiques inutiles.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for effet de théâtre in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is effet de théâtre, spelled E-F-F-E-T- -D-E- -T-H-É-Â-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Action exagérée, factice, destinée à impressionner son interlocuteur par un discours grandiloquent ou des gestes emphatiques inutiles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how effet de théâtre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Napoléon se plaît aux effets de théâtre : grondement grandissant des invectives, coups de poing sur la table, chapeau jeté à terre et rageusement piétiné, etc.
Petite chute pour la Marche au Supplice. Où sont mes effets de théâtre chéris, ces coups de démence que Baremboïm m’avait transmis, cette vision exacerbée de Dutoit? Boulez est ici trop retenu, comme s’il avait peur de lui-même.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.