effleurement
French, noun/e.flœʁ.mɑ̃/
effleurement is spelled E-F-F-L-E-U-R-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effleurement is a French masculine noun meaning “light touch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’effleurer, résultat de cette action”.
What does effleurement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelight touch
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, résultat de cette action. 2. Affleurement.
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 effleurement
- effleurements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effleurement?
- /e.flœʁ.mɑ̃/
- \e.flœʁ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is effleurement in French?
effleurement appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).