effiler
French, verb/e.fi.le/
effiler is spelled E-F-F-I-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effiler is a French verb meaning “to thin, taper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défaire fil à fil”.
What does effiler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thin, taper
- 2
to fray
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Défaire fil à fil. 2. Enlever les fils de certains légumes. 3. S’allonger en s’amincissant. 4. Synonyme de fatiguer, d'énerver en parlant des chiens de chasse.
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 effiler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- effilant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- effilé participle past
- effile first-person indicative present
- effiles indicative present second-person
- effilons first-person indicative plural
- effilez indicative plural present
- effilent indicative plural present
- effilais first-person imperfect indicative
- effilait imperfect indicative singular
- effilions first-person imperfect indicative
- effiliez imperfect indicative plural
- effilaient imperfect indicative plural
- effilai first-person historic indicative
- effilas historic indicative past
- effila historic indicative past
- effilâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effiler?
- /e.fi.le/
- \e.fi.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effiler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effiler in French?
effiler appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).