effilé
French, adjective
effilé is spelled E-F-F-I-L-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effilé is a French adjective meaning “slender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of effiler. Without its accent, effile is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est mince et long, étroit et allongé”.
What does effilé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slender
- 2
sharp
verb
- 1
past participle of effiler
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
adjective: 1. Qui est mince et long, étroit et allongé. 2. Coupé en tranches très fines. 3. Qui a le tranchant fin, aiguisé. 4. Qui est désépaissi.
noun: 1. Tissu défait fil à fil pour former une sorte de frange.
noun: 1. Frange sur un article de passementerie.
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 effilé
- effilée feminine
- effilés masculine plural
- effilées feminine plural
- effiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to effilé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effilé in French?
effilé appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).