efflorescence
French, noun/e.flɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s/
efflorescence is a French feminine noun meaning “efflorescence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Commencement de la floraison”.
What does efflorescence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineefflorescence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Commencement de la floraison. 2. Début prometteur. 3. Épanouissement, floraison abondante. 4. Début, apparition.
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 efflorescence
- efflorescences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce efflorescence?
- /e.flɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s/
- /e.flɔ.ʁe.sɑ̃s/
- /ɛf.flɔ.ʁɛs.sɑ̃s/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to efflorescence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is efflorescence in French?
efflorescence appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).