effigie
French, noun/e.fi.ʒi/
effigie is spelled E-F-F-I-G-I-E (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 16,088th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effigie is a French feminine noun meaning “effigy (dummy or other crude representation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of effigier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Figure, représentation d’une personne sous une forme quelconque”.
What does effigie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeffigy (dummy or other crude representation)
- 2
feminineeffigy (likeness of a person)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figure, représentation d’une personne sous une forme quelconque. 2. Figure représentée sur la face d'une monnaie ou d'une médaille. 3. Tableau où le condamné, qui était en fuite, était représenté subissant la peine prononcée contre lui, et au bas duquel son nom et l’arrêt étaient écrits
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 effigie
- effigies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effigie?
- /e.fi.ʒi/
- \ɛ.fi.ʒi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effigie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effigie in French?
effigie appears 3.0 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).