effoirer
French, verb/e.fwa.ʁe/
effoirer is spelled E-F-F-O-I-R-E-R (8 letters). Effoirer is a French verb meaning “to flatten as a result of a fall or crash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Écraser”.
What does effoirer mean in English?
verb
- 1
Quebeccolloquialto flatten as a result of a fall or crash
- 2
Quebeccolloquialto fail
- 3
Quebeccolloquialto lie down unceremoniously
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Écraser. 2. S’asseoir mollement. 3. Renoncer à agir, par mollesse ou par peur. 4. S’effondrer, rater.
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 effoirer
- s'effoirer infinitive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- s'effoirant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- effoiré participle past
- m'effoire first-person indicative present
- t'effoires indicative present second-person
- s'effoire indicative present singular
- nous effoirons first-person indicative plural
- vous effoirez indicative plural present
- s'effoirent indicative plural present
- m'effoirais first-person imperfect indicative
- t'effoirais imperfect indicative second-person
- s'effoirait imperfect indicative singular
- nous effoirions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous effoiriez imperfect indicative plural
- s'effoiraient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effoirer?
- /e.fwa.ʁe/
- \ɛ.fwa.ʁe\
- \e.fwɛ.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.