effort
French, noun/e.fɔʁ/
effort is spelled E-F-F-O-R-T (6 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written French, the 1,996th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effort is a French masculine noun meaning “effort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de s’efforcer”.
What does effort mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeffort
Ils n'ont pas fait le moindre effort pour être polis avec lui.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de s’efforcer. 2. Action énergique d’une force physique ou intellectuelle. 3. Résultat produit par cet effort. 4. Pression exercée par un corps, en parlant des choses.
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 effort
- efforts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effort?
- /e.fɔʁ/
- \e.fɔʁ\
- \ɛ.fɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effort in French?
effort appears 42 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).