effleurage
French, noun/e.flœ.ʁaʒ/
effleurage is spelled E-F-F-L-E-U-R-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effleurage is a French masculine noun meaning “effleurage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’effleurer”.
What does effleurage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeffleurage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’effleurer.
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 effleurage
- effleurages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effleurage?
- /e.flœ.ʁaʒ/
- \e.flø.ʁaʒ\
- [e.flø.ʁaʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is effleurage in French?
effleurage appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).