effiloché
French, verb
effiloché is spelled E-F-F-I-L-O-C-H-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effiloché is a French verb meaning “past participle of effilocher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, effiloche is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does effiloché mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of effilocher
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 s'est effilé par suite de l'usure.
noun: 1. Viande qu’on a détachée en filaments.
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 effiloché
- effilochée feminine
- effilochés masculine plural
- effilochées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to effiloché
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effiloché in French?
effiloché appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).