effluve
French, noun\e.flyv\
effluve is spelled E-F-F-L-U-V-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effluve is a French masculine noun meaning “emanation (something that emanates)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of effluver. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substances organiques altérées, tenues en suspension dans l’air, principalement aux endroits marécageux, et…”.
What does effluve mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineemanation (something that emanates)
- 2
masculinewaft
- 3
masculinewhiff
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
noun: 1. Substances organiques altérées, tenues en suspension dans l’air, principalement aux endroits marécageux, et donnant particulièrement lieu à des fièvres intermittentes, rémittentes et continues. 2. Émanation qui se dégage d’un corps quelconque. 3. Décharge électrique à faible dégagement de chaleur ayant lieu entre deux conducteurs dont la différence de potentiel n’est pas assez élevée pour engendrer un arc électrique. → voir effluveur
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 effluve
- effluves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effluve?
- \e.flyv\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effluve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effluve in French?
effluve appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).